Recipe For Cooking Fruity Baked Popcorn

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Fruity Baked Popcorn

7 C. popped corn
3/4 C. candied red cherries, cut up
1 C. broken pecans
3/4 C. packed brown sugar
6 Tbsp. butter or margarine
3 Tbsp. light corn syrup
1/4 tea. baking soda
1/4 tea. vanilla extract or flavoring

Remove all unpopped kernels from popcorn. In a 17 x 12 x 2-in. baking pan, combine popcorn, cherries and pecans.

In a 1 1/2 qt. saucepan, combine sugar, butter and corn syrup. Cook and stir over med. heat until butter melts and mixture comes to boiling. Cook over low heat 5 min. more. Remove from heat. Stir in baking soda and vanilla extract or flavoring. Pour mixture over popcorn; gently stir to coat popcorn mixture. Bake at 300 degrees F for 15 min.; stir. Bake 5 to 10 min. more. Remove corn mixture to a lrg. bowl. Cool.