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Microwave by: Joyce Moseley Pierce - 437 wordsPart of the hesitation in making caramelcorn is the sticky, gooey mess that remainsonce youve finished making it. You almostneed a blow torch to remove the hardenedsugary stuff from your pans.Help is on the way! This recipe can be madein your microwave, and when youre finished,you can just throw the paper sack away.This doesnt mean that it doesnt take a littlepreparation time, but at least you can relaxand enjoy the finished product without havingto worry about a lot of cleanup.Next time you go to the grocery store, ask foryour groceries in paper bags. Youll need onebag per batch. Heres what youll need:3-4 quarts popped corn1 stick of butter (no substitutes!)3/4 cup brown sugar1/2 tsp salt1/4 cup Karo Syrup1 tsp baking soda - add lastPop the corn and discard the unpopped kernels. Put the popped corn in the paper sack. While the cornis popping, put the butter, sugar, salt and syrupin a glass bowl and bring it to a boil in yourmicrowave. Stir after one minute, and let itboil for an additional minute. Add one tsp of baking soda and stir well, until thickened.It will turn light in color and look like taffy.Pour this mixture over the popped corn in thepaper bag and shake well. Put the paper bagback in the microwave and cook an additional 1-1/2minutes (90 seconds). Remove and shake well again.Return to the microwave and cook another 1-1/2minutes. Shake again. Open the bag and let itcool. You can even tear the bag down the sideand speed up the process. Plan to make more than one batch because youllwant to eat the first one! Great for Christmasor birthday gifts. I gave this as a Christmas gift to my co-workers one year and the next year they startedhinting for it again in September.Once completely cooled, break up the chunks, put it in a plastic holiday bag and tie with a festive ribbon. If you eat a lot of ice cream the containers with lidsmake a great receptacle for packing the . Save your ice cream containers throughout the year, wash them out, line with plastic wrap and stick a bow on the top. Include the recipe and directions unless you want to tell them its an old family secret, but let me warn you that if you dont share the recipe, they will come back next year begging for more.

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Joyce is a freelance writer and owner of Emerson Publications.She is the creator of "All Theyll Need to Know," a workbook to help families record personal and financial information.http://www.emersonpublications.com/pages/843554/index.htmShe is also the editor of The Family First Newsletter, an ezine for families with young children. To subscribe: http://www.emersonpublications.com/pages/848640/index.htm