#646 - Caramel Popcorn

(by Shirley McNevich)

1/2 cup Domino's dark brown sugar (packed)
2 TBSP butter
1/4 cup Kayro corn syrup
4 cups popped popcorn
1/4 cup peanuts

Preheat oven to 250 degrees. In a saucepan melt the sugar, butter, and corn syrup--stir. Add the popcorn and peanuts and stir until evenly coated. Dump the coated popcorn onto a cookie sheet and spread out evenly. Bake at 250 degrees for 5 minutes.

#140 - Sweet Ritz Cracker Snack Mix

(by Shirley McNevich)

2 boxes tiny Ritz dinosaur crackers
2 cups any kind of whole nuts
1/2 cup butter or margarine
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup light corn syrup
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. baking soda

Pre-heat oven to 250 degrees. Mix nuts and crackers in a large pot. In a large saucepan, bring sugar, butter/margarine and corn syrup to a boil and cook for 2 minutes. Remove from heat and add vanilla and baking soda. Stir--baking soda will foam up. Mix everything together with the nuts and crackers. Bake 30-45 minutes, stirring every 5 minutes. Pour onto wax paper to cool.

#114 - Pecan Pie

(by Shirley McNevich)

3 eggs, slightly beaten
1 cup Kayro dark corn syrup
1 cup white sugar
2 TBSP melted Parkay margarine
1 tsp. vanilla
1 1/2 cups pecans, chopped
1 unbaked 9" pie crust (our pie crust is recipe #33)

In a large bowl, stir together the eggs, Kayro, sugar, Parkay, and vanilla. Stir by hand until well mixed. Stir in pecans. Spray the pie tin with Pam. Place pie dough into pie tin and spray inside of the pie with Pam. Flute the edges of the pie dough. Pour mixture into pie shell. Bake at 350 degrees for 50-55 minutes, or until a knife inserted in the middle comes out clean.