Cook The Book: Spicy Buttered Popcorn

• 8 cups popped plain popcorn
• 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup butter
• 2 tablespoons corn syrup
• 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
• 3 tablespoons pureed chipotle peppers in adobo sauce
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1. Preheat the oven to 250u0b0F. Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper and spread the popcorn on the paper. Set aside.
2. Combine the sugar, butter, corn syrup, and salt in a saucepan and place over medium-low heat. Stir until the butter and augar melt and the mixture comes to a boil. Stop stirring and boil until it reaches 250u0b0F on a kitchen thermometer. Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the chipotle peppers and the baking soda.
3. Pour the mixture over the popcorn, and stir with a spatula until the popcorn is evenly coated.
4. Bake the popcorn for 35 minutes, stirring 2 or 3 times. Let cool and store in an airtight container.

popcorn, brown sugar, butter, corn syrup, salt, purueed chipotle, baking soda

Taken from www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2008/10/cook-the-book-spicy-buttered-popcorn.html (may not work)