| Show you kids and grandkids how much fun it can be | | | | straight from their own kitchen! |
| to make and enjoy old-fashion snacks. Let them | | | | CARAMEL CORN |
| know we didn't always have a convenience store on | | | | 2 cups brown sugar |
| every corner and if we wanted a snack, mom got | | | | 2 sticks margarine |
| out the ingredients and we helped her make it. | | | | 1/2 cup dark corn syrup |
| What a fun way to spend time with the kids and/or | | | | 1 tsp salt |
| grandkids. They'll have a blast and you will enjoy it, | | | | 1/2 tsp margarine |
| too. | | | | 1/2 tsp baking soda |
| Our first recipe is for elephant tracks. What fun to | | | | 8-quarts popped popcorn |
| make this dough and enjoy the cinnamon taste. | | | | Cook brown sugar, 2 sticks margarine, corn syrup, |
| ELEPHANT TRACKS | | | | and salt until melted. Boil 1 to 1 1/2 minutes. Add 1 |
| 1 1/2 cup milk | | | | 2 tsp margarine. Add baking soda; pour over |
| 1 cup oleo | | | | popped corn. Stir well to coat all the corn. Bake |
| 1/4 cup sugar | | | | in two cake pans or large roasting pan at 250 |
| 2 pkgs dry yeast | | | | degrees for 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes. |
| 1/4 cup lukewarm water | | | | Spread out on waxed paper to cool. |
| 2 eggs, beaten | | | | And our third recipe is for rock candy. Kids love |
| 1 tsp salt | | | | making this and they can add the colors and |
| 5 to 5 1/2 cups flour | | | | flavorings of their choice. |
| 1 cup sugar | | | | ROCK CANDY |
| 2 tsp cinnamon | | | | 1 3/4 cups sugar |
| Scald milk; add oleo and the 1/4 cup sugar. Cool to | | | | 1/2 cup water |
| lukewarm. Dissolve yeast in water. Add to milk | | | | 1/2 cup white corn syrup |
| mixture along with eggs. Add salt and flour. Stir | | | | Flavoring of your choice* |
| well with spoon to make soft dough. Let rise | | | | Food color of your choice |
| once. Roll dough into rectangles 1/2-inch thick. | | | | Mix sugar, water, and syrup in a heavy saucepan. |
| Spread with oleo and sprinkle with cinnamon mixture | | | | Heat to 300 degrees, stirring constantly. Remove |
| made with remaining ingredients. Roll up as for | | | | from heat; add flavoring and color. Stir and pour |
| cinnamon rolls and cut into 3/4 inch slices. Dredge | | | | into a pan that has been well greased with |
| slices in cinnamon mixture and roll out until thin. Place | | | | margarine. When cool enough to handle, cut into |
| on greased baking sheet and bake 12 minutes at 400 | | | | pieces and roll in powdered sugar. Put onto a plate |
| degrees. Ice while warm with a thin glaze. | | | | to cool. |
| Our second recipe is for caramel corn. Who doesn't | | | | *Note: If using extract flavorings, use 2 to 3 |
| love carmel corn? Show your kids that it doesn't | | | | teaspoons. If using oil flavorings, use 3 to 4 drops. |
| always come in a tin or a bag. Sometimes it comes | | | | |