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Beginners Popcorn Ballscandies 2 quart popped popcorn 1 cup sugar 1/3 cup corn syrup 1/3 cup water 1/4 cup butter 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon vanilla Preheat oven to 250. Put popcorn in a large, 4 inch deep butered baking pan. Keep warm in the oven. Combine sugar, cornsyrup, water, butter and salt in a large saucepan. Stir over medium heat until sugar is dissolved. Cook until mixture reaches 250 on a candy thermometer, stirring frequently. Remove from heat. Quickly stir in vanilla. Remove popcorn from oven. Pour syrup mixture over popcorn, stirring to mix well. Form into balls. Makes approximately 8 balls Variations: To make Spice Balls, subsitute 1 tbs of powdered spice or crushed herbs for vanilla To make butter balls, increase the butter to 1/3 cup and increase the
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