Purple Popcorn Recipes

Steps:

• Sift flour, measure and sift with baking powder, salt, and sugar.
• Add milk, popped corn, eggs and melted butter.
• When batter is mixed, stir in 1 teaspoon lemon juice.
• Spoon half of the batter into 12 greased muffin cups.
• Spoon jam into the center of each muffin cup.
• Spoon remaining batter over jam.
• Swirl a little jam through the top of each muffin.
• the well-oiled muffin tins should be 2/3 full.
• Bake in pre-heated oven (435 F) for 20- 25 minutes.
• Makes 12 regular size muffins.

Steps:

• Place the popcorn in a greased 17x12x2-inch baking dish. Keep popcorn warm in a 300 degree oven while making syrup mixture. In a heavy 2-quart saucepan, combine butter, sugar, gelatin, water,food coloring and corn syrup. Cook mixture over medium heat until it boils, stirring constantly. Clip a candy thermometer to the side of the pan. Continue cooking over medium heat, stirring constantly, until the thermometer reaches 255 degrees (hard-ball stage).
• Pour syrup mixture over popcorn. Bake in a 300 degree oven for 5 minutes.
• Stir once and bake 5 minutes longer. Place popcorn mixture onto a large piece of foil. Cool completely. Break popcorn mixture into clusters. Store.
• in an airtight container. Serves 14-16 children. (Can used any flavor of gelatin).

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Grease a 1/4 sheet pan or two 8x12 inch baking dishes. Generously butter a heavy 2 quart saucepan.
• Distribute popcorn evenly in prepared baking pans. Place in oven to keep warm.
• In prepared saucepan over medium heat, combine butter, sugar, gelatin, corn syrup and water. Heat to 250 to 265 degrees F (121 to 129 degrees C), or until a small amount of syrup dropped into cold water forms a rigid ball.
• Pour mixture evenly over popcorn and stir until coated. Return popcorn to oven and bake 5 minutes; stir, then bake 5 minutes more.
• Turn popcorn out onto a large piece of foil. Let rest until cool enough to handle, then form into balls. Or let cool completely and break into clusters. Store in an airtight container, in a cool, dry place.