Recipe - Maple Syrup Popcorn Balls

1 cup Mapel syrup
2 tablespoon Butter
1 teaspoon Vanilla
One half cup Popcorn; popped

**In the North country the people make one of the aristocrats of sweets,
maple syrup. It cooks down to a delicious candy, but is delicate, so watch
In a heavy saucepan put the maple syrup and butter. Cook to 260~ on a candy
thermometer. Remove from heat and add the vanilla. Stir well and pour over
the popped corn. Shape into balls.

Both pecans and walnuts are good with maple, it's hard to say which is
better. You may wish to include a few of your favorite.
Posted to recipeludigest Volume 01 Number 654 by RecipeLu
recipelu@geocities.com on Jan 31, 1998