My late evening
snacks need to check the boxes of sweet, salty, or tart and it is usually a
combination of more than one of those things. An earlier
conversation in the week with Keegan had me thinking about popcorn I made at
summer camp, so I decided to recreate it! It is every bit as delicious
as I remembered and it definitely hit the spot… until later, when Keegan got
home and we got ice cream! Whoops! ;)
You will need:
2 - Tablespoons of
Popcorn
1½ -
Tablespoons of an Oil of your choice, I used olive oil
*Please note you cannot use butter here, it will
burn and then you will have tiny burnt butter flakes in your popcorn. I
know because I did the trial and error for you!
2 - Tablespoons of
Brown Sugar
1 - Tablespoon of
Butter
¼ -Teaspoon of Cinnamon
A pinch of Sea Salt
if you are using unsalted butter and if you like a saltier snack.
Medium Saucepan with
a lid
Serving Bowl
Microwave safe dish
Fork
Put the oil and
popcorn in your saucepan, put on the lid, and begin heating over medium heat.
While your popcorn warms up, you can melt your butter in the microwave. You are
going to want to move the pan around to shake up the popcorn and oil every so
often just to make sure it doesn't burn and that it heats evenly, but you don't
need to hover over it quite yet. Once the butter has melted, stir in the
brown sugar, cinnamon, and salt and mix until well combined. By this
point my popcorn had begun to seriously pop and I started to move the pan around
more (sort of like I was making Jiffy Pop.) I like this method because it
makes the popcorn crispy! Once the popping stops, turn off your heat, drizzle
the brown sugar and butter mixture over your popcorn, toss, serve, and
enjoy!
You can use this
popping method for any variety of flavors; we did herbs earlier in the summer.
Just make sure you don't add ANYTHING to the popcorn while it pops. I
tried seasoning at the beginning, just before it pops, and while it pops
and every time I had burnt seasoning, so it is
best to season at the end. Give this recipe a try the next time you need
a treat, and let me know how you like it!
- Devyn
