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Caramel Corn

8 cups popped popcorn
1 cup peanuts (optional)
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup margarine
3 tablespoons corn syrup
1/4 teaspoon each salt & baking soda
1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Arrange the popcorn (and peanuts, if you are using them) in a well
oiled 9″ by 13″ pan. Get out a 2 quart sauce pan and combine the
brown sugar, margarine, corn syrup and salt over low heat. After
the margarine melts, cook without stirring for 3 minutes.

It should
be bubbling gently during the 3 minutes. Stir in the baking soda
and vanilla. Quickly pour this over the pan of popcorn.

Mix gently
to coat the popcorn evenly. Bake the pan at 300 degrees for about
15 minutes. Break it up into pieces and serve.

This stuff is so
good that it doesn’t last long, but if you do end up with leftovers,
store them in a sealed container, or bag. It is good tucked into
lunch boxes too.

This is similar to Cracker Jack, except the prize is that it costs
so little and is so easy to make. Besides that, the flavor is soooo
much better, you will always look on the boxed stuff as inferior
after tasting this recipe.

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Cheese Puffs

3/4 cup melted margarine
1 1/2 to 2 cups shredded cheese
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon paprika
Liberal Dash of Tabasco Sauce

Get out your trusty big bowl. Combine the melted margarine, cheese,
flour, salt, paprika, and Tabasco. Stir it all together with a fork
until it forms a dough similar to pie crust. Form the mixture into
small balls about the size of a marble.

Arrange them on a cookie
sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes or so. Makes between 50
and 60 balls.

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