Did you know that today was National Popcorn Day? I just found out about it the other day. It seems like just about everything has a special day these days. I can’t wait for there to be a National Blogger Day. 🙂
I love popcorn. It’s a great low calorie treat when eaten plain. Or you can jazz up the flavor and mix it with chocolate, toffee, cheddar cheese, spices and numerous other things. Popcorn is a very versatile snack food. Too bad there wasn’t a way to incorporate popcorn into a main meal. If anyone knows of any unusual popcorn recipes feel free to comment on this post or shoot me an e-mail. I would love to hear about it.
In honor of today I have a yummy popcorn recipe to share with readers, compliments from our friends at Cooking Light.
Peanut Butter Caramel Corn
Ingredients:
- cooking spray
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
- ½ cup unpopped popcorn
- kernels
- ½ cup sliced almonds
- ⅔ cup packed brown sugar
- ⅔ cup light-colored corn syrup
- 2. tablespoons butter
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup creamy peanut butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 250.
- Line a jelly-roll pan with parchment paper; coat paper with cooking spray.
- Heat oil in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add popcorn; cover and cook 4 minutes, shaking pan frequently. When popping slows, remove pan from heat. Let stand until popping stops. Uncover; add almonds.
- Combine sugar, syrup, butter, and salt in a medium saucepan; bring to a boil. Cook 3 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat. Add peanut butter and vanilla, and stir until smooth. Drizzle over popcorn; toss well. Spread mixture into prepared pan. Bake at 250 for 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes. Cool completely.
Serves 20 (serving size: about ¾ cup).
Nutrition Information: calories 155; fat 7.4g (sat 1.8g, mono 3.5g, poly 1.6g); protein 2.6g; carb 21.3g; fiber 1.4g; chol 4mg; iron 0.4mg; sodium 108mg; calc 17mg
This recipe comes from the book Cooking Light: The New Way to Cook Light.
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*I was not compensated for this post. I posted this for the enjoyment of my site readers with permission from Cooking Light.
Nichol says
Ooh I’ll have to make this for my peanut butter loving hubby!!