Homemade Carmel Corn

It's not the sticky homemade stuff you make and not that the stale stuff you get in a tin for Christmas from your estranged cousin. This is caramelized goodness and akin to county fair kettle corn, but much better because it's homemade and you don't have to pay 6 bucks a pop! :)

1 cup margarine
2 cups light brown sugar
1/2 cup light corn syrup
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup unpopped corn

Preheat oven to 250'. Pop popcorn and take out any unpopped kernals. Spray a big roasting pan with Pam. (I didn't have a roasting pan, so I used an oversized soup pot. Worked pretty well!)

In 2 qt saucepan melt margarine, stir in brown sugar, pour in syrup and salt. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Reduce heat to medium, and let boil for 5 minutes. Take pan off heat. Quickly stir in vanilla and baking soda. Once creamy, thick and puffed up, it's done. Immediately put corn in a big roasting pan and stir in the caramel fast or else it will clump pretty bad. Pour a little, stir a little. You might want to get another set of hands to help you stir and pour.

Bake 1 hour stirring every 15 minutes. When it's first out of the oven, stir once per minute for 10 minutes. Enjoy the carmelized goodness!