Homemade popcorn is the perfect snack and delicious dessert. In addition, it is indispensable when watching TV with your family. Prepare several options for all tastes at once, then each of the household members will be able to choose their favorite delicacy. Better to start with the most popular popcorn options – caramel and chocolate.
How to fry popcorn
You will need:
- 150 g popcorn corn;
- 2 tablespoons of refined vegetable oil.
Homemade popcorn can be roasted in the oven or cooked in the microwave. Popcorn is also easy to cook on a regular stovetop. Sprinkle the corn kernels in a skillet with heated vegetable oil, cover, and fry until they shoot. Remove the unopened grains. The popcorn is ready for further processing.
Sweet surprise: caramel popcorn
Try making caramel popcorn. It turns out to be much tastier than a commercial treat, and you can also vary the amount of caramel in the dessert as you wish.
You will need:
- 3 liters toasted popcorn;
- 0,5 cups chopped nuts (almonds, walnuts, or cashews)
- 110 ml of water;
- Xnumg brown sugar;
- 110 g butter;
- 0,25 teaspoon of baking soda;
- 0,5 teaspoon vanilla;
- 0,5 a teaspoon of salt.
Make caramel syrup. Heat butter in a saucepan, add brown sugar, water and salt. While stirring, bring the mixture to a boil and cook until lightly thickened – this will take about 5 minutes. Remove the saucepan from heat, add baking soda and vanilla, stir well.