Salted Caramel Popcorn

This recipe makes about 16 cups of caramel popcorn.

Ingredients:
1/2 cups unpopped popcorn kernels
1 cup salted butter
1 cup light brown sugar
1/3 cup light corn syrup
1 1/2 - 2 tsp. Kosher or sea salt, divided

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 300°
2. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone mat. Set aside.
3. Pop popcorn kernels using air popper into a large bowl.
4. In a small saucepan melt butter, brown sugar, corn syrup, and 1 tsp salt together over medium heat. Bring to a boil for 4 minutes without stirring.
5. Pour Caramel mixture over popcorn and stir to coat evenly.
6. Pour popcorn into lined pan, sprinkle remaining salt on top (1/2 tsp - 1 tsp depending on your personal taste preference) and place in oven. Bake for 30 minutes. Stirring every 10 minutes.
7. Allow popcorn to cool on a parchment lined counter.

* You can add in 2 cups of nuts to the un-coated popcorn if desired! Coat with caramel as States!