![]() This is the chemical reaction that you want. Step 11: This will cause the caramel to change colors and foam up a bit. Step 10: When the 1-minute timer goes off, add the 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda and mix. Step 9: Set the timer for 1 additional minute and stir the vanilla into the caramel mixture. Step 8: When the 4-minute timer goes off, add 2 teaspoons of vanilla to the mixture. When the surface starts to bubble, set the timer for 4 minutes and stop stirring. Step 7: When the butter and sugar are completely combined, increase the heat to medium-low, just high enough to bring the caramel mixture to a low boil. ![]() ![]() The butter and brown sugar will come together so continue to stir until thoroughly combined. Step 6: If you can see a thin layer of butter on the surface of the butter/brown sugar mixture (as shown in the picture above) continue to stir on low heat. Step 5: Add 1 cup of light brown sugar and stir until the brown sugar and the melted butter are thoroughly mixed. It should be hot enough to melt the butter but not too hot or the butter will burn (or turn into brown butter.) Step 4: Melt 1 cup of butter in a medium saucepan over low/medium heat. ![]() Sweet and salty is a great combination and it goes especially nicely with the caramel. Step 3: Once you have made the popcorn, add some salt. You don’t want to bite down on one of those! Step 2: After the popcorn is popped, make sure to remove all of the un-popped kernels. We pop our popcorn on the stove ( you can find our directions on How to Make Perfect Popcorn here) but you can use air-popped or microwave. Step 1: You will need 10 cups of popcorn. This may be down to the slowly warming water causing the membrane to stick to the shell, which makes peeling more difficult.Ingredients You Will Need Preparing the Popcorn ![]() So, do you put the eggs in the water once it’s already boiling, or do you put it in cold water, and then bring it to the boil? There’s a lot of debate about this, as some people tend to do it their way, but the consensus seems to point towards boiling the water first, instead of starting off cold. Should you start boiled eggs in hot or cold water? When hard-cooking eggs, using fresh eggs isn’t recommended as they are difficult to peel so eggs that are coming close to their ‘best before’ date will peel most easily. Avoid cooking them for too long otherwise the protein in the white toughens and becomes rubbery. Hard-boiled eggs have firm yolks and whites. Medium-cooked eggs have a firmer, creamy golden yolk which is still a little bit runny, with the white remaining firm. Runny eggs are Ideal for dipping toast soldiers or put on top of other foods to let the yolk spread among the other ingredients once cut into. Soft cooked eggs have runny yolks, but the white is firm. We all know that boiling an egg isn’t rocket science – boil the water in a pot, put your egg in (gently!) and then take it out after a few minutes, right? Well, yes, but the time you take to boil the egg can drastically change the outcome, so we thought it would be a good idea to outline how long you should boil an egg depending on your preferences.įor perfect results you may also want to consider the size of the eggs to be boiled. It takes four to five minutes to soft boil a large egg. ![]()
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