I’ve been meddling with the popcorn again. Last time, the event was New Year, this time it is the return of the Great British Sewing Bee. Very unusually, both my sisters and me were round at our Mum’s for a child free evening (if you count my nephew and niece asleep upstairs) while we nibbled on chocolate and wine … and popcorn.
I’ve been wanting to make Cinnamon Popcorn again for ages but wanted to add some extra texture – My trusty bag of Pecans that I always have in the baking cupboard came out to play again. I’m always a bit wary of using buttery popcorn recipes – I think you have to eat them quite quickly before the butter goes stone cold and makes the popcorn too soggy. The trick is only to use a small amount of butter and add gradually making sure it is well spread throughout the corn.
Ingredients:
150g Popcorn Kernels
2 tbsp Cooking Oil
25g melted butter
3 tsp granulated sugar – you can use caster if that’s what you’ve got but you won’t get the crunch
1 tsp ground cinnamon
50g Pecans – roughly chopped/broken into pieces
Method:
- Mix the sugar and the cinnamon together in a little bowl
- In a large pan, heat the oil until hot and add the Popcorn – Put the lid on straightaway
- Keep on the heat as the kernels pop, until they start to slow down. Its really hard not to burn a couple on the bottom of the pan but you will get used to it with practice.
- While the corn is popping, melt the butter for 30 secs in the microwave
- As soon as the corn has stopped popping, transfer to a large bowl and add the butter bit by bit – making sure you evenly distribute it. Not every kernel will be covered.
- Sprinkle the sugar/cinnamon mixture throughout the popcorn and mix in the pecans.
Other Popcorn post you may enjoy:
Easter Popcorn from A Suffolk Mum
Ooh I like the sound of that and I have the sewing bee ready for my ironing tomorrow
Did you just love it, Jen? I heard an interview with May & Patrick this afternoon where they mentioned that there didn’t seem to be a clear winner from the start. Very exciting!
Great popcorn recipe, I love the cinnamon and pecan flavours.
I have to admit, the combination came about due to having not much else in the cupboards!
MMMMMMMMMMMM oooo it sounds delish. You have so many good ideas 🙂 gutted I have no pecans in to make it now *adds to shopping list*
Thank you! I’m sure it would work without pecans (maybe a glass of red to accompany it though!) x
Oooh such different flavours, I like the sound of this! x
Try it – its possibly the easiest recipe ever!
at 3rd try I can comment! this sounds so delicious
Thanks Becky – Are you struggling to leave a comment? I’m struggling to reply to some. Thanks very much for persevering! x
Mmmmm popcorn, cinammon & pecans – what’s not to love! Thanks x
I absolutely love this!! Definitely going to be trying this out. Thanks for sharing x
Rahul
I love popcorn and pecans yum!
I love popcorn – this sounds delicious 🙂
Am I right in saying that these are a healthy-ish snack. If not, just lie anyway so I can eat them 😉
xx
I have such a weakness for popcorn and that, my dear, looks lovely. Sorry I’m popping over later than usual from #recipeoftheweek – Linky Tools went down! Thanks for linking up. I’ve Pinned and Tweeted this post and a fresh linky is open over on the blog x