Recipes

[katkitty]

Man Food! For a crowd, or game day....

Bacon Bourbon Popcorn

12 strips of bacon

2 1/4 cups of unpopped kernel corn

1 c butter

2 1/4 cups brown sugar

1 c maple syrup

1/2 c bourbon

1 tbl vanilla extract

1 t salt

1/2 t baking soda

Vegetable oil

Fleur de sel (it won't dissolve like table salt or Kosher salt) You can also use "Pretzel Salt"

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Directions:

Fry bacon crispy and set aside.

Put 3 tbl of oil in a large pot over medium high heat. (Or use 1/2 oil and 1/2 bacon grease combo instead)

Add 3 kernels to the pot – when they begin to pop, add 3/4 c of popcorn (you’ll be making three batches), cover and shake pot occasionally, so popcorn doesn’t burn.

Remove pot from heat once popping has slowed, Or pop the corn in a Stir Crazy or other automatic popper if you like, but use oil or bacon grease/oil combo. Place popcorn in a large roaster sprayed with non stick spray or buttered.

Repeat for remaining batches.

Heat oven to 250*.

Crumble bacon over finished popcorn.

In a large pot, bring butter, brown sugar, and maple syrup to a boil,
stirring constantly.

Reduce heat a little and keep at low boil) for 5 minutes, then remove from heat.

Stir in bourbon, vanilla extract, salt and then baking soda and mix. Be careful, the mixture will foam when soda is added.

Pour caramel mixture over bacon and popcorn mixture.

Toss to coat evenly.

Spread mixture over three baking sheets covered in parchment.

Sprinkle each tray liberally with Fleur de sel.

Bake for 1 hour, stirring the mixture every 15 minutes.

Remove from oven. Cool for 1 hour.

recipe from 'someone left the cake out in the rain'