Steen's Popcorn Ball
Snack
Ingredients
2 cups Steen's Cane Syrup
1/3 tbsp butter or margarine
1/4 tsp salt
2 quarts popped popcorn
salted peanuts optional
Description
Sugarcane is a plentiful crop in South Louisiana. So most everyone grew up eating cane syrup. One of the more familiar marketers of this syrup was the Steen's Syrup company in Abbeville, La. This recipe appears on their cans of Steen Cane Syrup.
Directions
Pop the popcorn according to package directions. Combine with the peanuts if you are choosing to add them.
In a heavy duty pan over a low fire, combine the syrup and salt and boil to the hard boil stage (when a small amount dropped in a cup of water becomes brittle). Remove off the fire and add the butter. Coat the popcorn and shape into balls about the size of a hardball or softball. Careful when you first pour the syrup, it is hot...C'est chaud!