Sherry's Poppycock

Ingredients

  • 20 cups popped corn
  • 2 cups almonds
  • 2 cups pecans
  • 1 lb butter (too much; use about half to three quarters)
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 cup corn syrup
  • 1/2 tsp cream of tartar
  • 1/2 tsp soda
  • 1 tsp vanilla

Preparation

Step 1

Roast nuts at 300℉ for 15 minutes. Boil together the butter, sugar, corn syrup and cream of tartar until a ball forms when a drop is dropped in cold water.
Add baking soda and vanilla and mix with corn in a roaster. Bake at 200℉ for about 1/2 hour.