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Healthier caramel corn

Yield: 8 To 12 cups

Ingredients:

• 3/4 c Maple syrup
• 3 tb Butter (see note)
• 2 tb Sucanat (opt. see note)
• 1/4 ts Salt
• 1/4 ts Baking soda
• 1/4 ts Vanilla
• 1/2 c Nuts (opt. adds fat)
• 8 c (to 12) Popped popcorn (see

Instructions:

-note) Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Combine syrup butter Sucanat and salt in saucepan until butter is melted. Boil without stirring 3 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in baking soda and vanilla (add nuts if using). Pour over popcorn. Mix well. Place on 2 large cook sheets. Bake for 15 minut4es. Cool. Break into pieces. Freezes well. NOTES: ~ Butter is easier to digest than margarine. Can be reduced to 1 tablespoon. ~ Sucanat is a natural sweetener found in health food stores. Can be omitted. ~To save time purchase a 16-ounce bag of pre-popped plain popcorn. Source: Nicola B. Godfrey Copley News Service in THE NEWS TRIBUNE 11/95.

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