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Recipe: Nut-Orange Popcorn Balls from 1940

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NUT-ORANGE POPCORN BALLS FROM 1940

1 cup sugar
1/4 cup cream
1/3 cup orange juice
1 tablespoon butter
1 teaspoon grated orange rind
1 cup broken walnuts or peanuts
2 quarts popped popcorn

Combine sugar, cream and orange juice and cook over low heat, stirring
constantly until sugar is dissolved. Increase heat and cook to 290 degrees F or until hard ball forms when a little of mixture is dropped in cold water. Remove from heat and add butter and orange rind.

Combine nuts and popped corn. Pour cooked syrup slowly over popped corn, stirring and turning until evenly coated. Shape into balls and wrap in waxed paper.

Source: San Jose News, Friday, Nov 1, 1940
MsgID: 018871
Shared by: R. Barton - Sacramento, CA
Board: Vintage Recipes at Recipelink.com
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