Sweet and Salty

I grew up on air popped popcorn with melted butter on the stove. Mmm, I can smell it and hear my dad yelling "Who wants popcorn?" Recently I have learned how to cook it on the stove. To my surprise I like the taste better than the air popped and definitely healthier than the microwave. The other night I found myself wanting something sweet and salty and googled kettle corn recipes. I was excited because the only thing different than the stove top was adding in some sugar. So I tried it, it wasn't perfect but for a first attempt it was good enough to eat.

I normally just put a little bit of veggie oil in the bottom of a medium sized pot on medium heat. I drop in 3 or 4 kernels and wait for the oil to get hot and the kernels to pop. Once hot stir in the sugar and the kernels. I gave it a good stir for a minute or so then put on the top and shook it until the popping slowed to a few seconds apart. I'm still playing with the amount of sugar. It called for the same amount of sugar as kernels (1/2 C of sugar, 1/2 C of kernels). I cut the sugar in half and it was still to much for me. Be very careful not to let the sugar burn, just keep shaking and pour into a bowl right after the popping slows. Top with salt if you'd like, or not.

1/4 C veg. oil
1/4 C white sugar
1/2 C unpopped kernels