popcorn brittle

14 cups,freshly made popcorn popped freshly made with half cup popcorn  kernels and 2  Tablespoons canol a oil
2 tablespoon  sugar
1 cup light corn syrup
1 cup water
1 teaspoon salt
1 Tablespoons unsalted butter plus additional for greasing
1  unsulfrized molasses

2 large baking dishes 15 inch by 11 inch should be lightly buttered and while your're lightly greasing then a lightly grease rubber spatula and wooden spoon

Place 2 cups popcorn in food processor working in batch. Then allowit to pulseuntil crushed into his pieces. Avoid overpricessing. Repeat  with remaining popcorn

Sugar, corn syrup, water and salt should be stirred until heat is dissolved and mixture in simmering..


A candy thermomere should be ipped to rhe inside rhe pan and allow it to continue to beat  undisturbed  untik temperature  about 10-15 +minutes mixture is goijg to boil vigorously .

The butter, molasses and sugar should be sirred in .Continue heating  untill temperatures reach 290  between soft and hard crack stages)

The pan should be renmmoved crom the heat, then after you take it off the heat stir in crushed popcorn.


Now work quickly  and over prepared sheets pour popcorn mixture
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Using the buttered rubber spatula  press evenly to  to flatten like oeanut brittle. On a wire rack cool to room. Temperature on a wire rack and vmbreak into chunks makes 1 pound