This recipe is for cinnamon sugar popcorn. It requires popping popcorn, then melting butter with sugar, cinnamon, salt and vanilla to make a syrup. The syrup is drizzled over the popcorn and tossed to coat before baking in the oven for 10 minutes with the heat off for an additional 20 minutes. Baking the coated popcorn allows the flavors to blend for a tasty cinnamon sugar popcorn snack.

1. Cinnamon Sugar Popcorn (Elise Morales)<br />Ingredients<br />1 cup unpopped popcorn <br />1/3 cup butter <br />2/3 cup white sugar <br />2 teaspoons ground cinnamon <br />1/2 teaspoon salt <br />1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract<br />Directions<br />Preheat an oven to 250 degrees F. <br />Pop the popcorn using an air popper according to manufacturer's directions. (My air popper makes 1/2cup at a time. About 12cups total.) Place into a very large mixing bowl, or two large bowls and set aside. <br />Melt the butter in a small saucepan over medium-low heat with sugar, cinnamon, salt, and vanilla. Cook and STIR until thick and bubbly, making sure sugar dissolves. <br />Drizzle over the popcorn and toss to coat. Spread the popcorn into a large roasting pan. <br />Bake in the preheated oven 10 minutes, then turn the heat off, and allow the popcorn to stay in the oven 20 minutes longer.<br />The extra step of baking the popcorn is worth the wait!<br />