Christmas Recipes
Popcorn Christmas Wreath
Yield: one 14 inch wreath
Ingredients
- 4 quarts unsalted popped popcorn
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 1 cup light corn syrup
- 1/3 cup butter
- 1/3 cup water
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- Colored hard candy balls
- Ribbon bow, if desired
Instructions
- Butter the surface of a 14 inch pizza pan or draw a wreath 14 inches in diameter and 4 to 5 inches wide on a sheet of heavy brown paper.
- Place popcorn in a large, buttered bowl.
- Combine sugar, syrup, butter, water and salt in saucepan. Bring to boiling point over low heat, stirring until
sugar melts. Continue cooking until syrup reaches the hard crack stage (290 to 295 degrees F).
- Pour syrup in a fine stream over popcorn; stir just until popcorn is evenly coated.
- Pile unevenly around edge of buttered 14 inch pizza pan or wreath pattern, leaving a 7 1/2-inch hole in center to form a wreath.
- Decorate with clusters of colored hard candy balls and ribbon bow, if desired.