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The Ladybugs' Recipes

Poppycock
From:  Sharisoda
Ingredients:
2 c
1 c
1/2 c
1/4 tsp
1/2 tsp
16 c
 
brown sugar
butter
corn syrup
cream of tartar
baking soda
popped popcorn
nuts as desired
Procedure:

1.  Preheat oven to 300ºF.
2.  Mix brown sugar, butter and corn syrup together in a saucepan.
3.  Heat to boiling and boil for 5 minutes.
4.  Remove from head and add cream of tartar and baking soda. It will foam up.
5.  Put the popcorn and nuts on a cookie sheet.
6.  Pour the sugar mixture over.
7.  Bake for about 20 minutes, stirring once.
8.  Remove from the oven, cool, and break apart.


Poppycock is easy and fun to make. Pack in fancy tins to give as a nice gift. You can use whatever nuts you like (or even none if you don't like nuts). You can also make Hawaiian poppycock by adding pineapple chunks (well drained) with the nuts.

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