With the holiday cooking heating up, no pun intended, I thought I’d share a couple of easy recipes for when you have friends drop by.

Grandma Paul’s Caramel Corn

Normally, I share recipe’s that are from my kitchen, or those of my friends and family but this one I just have to share with you. It’s from Paula Dean, of Paula Dean’s Home Cooking on the Food Network. This is the best Caramel Corn I’ve ever tasted.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup butter
• 2 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup light corn syrup
• 1 teaspoon baking soda

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 200 degrees.
2. On medium heat combine butter, brown sugar, salt and light corn syrup and boil for 5 minutes.
3. Remove from heat and stir in baking soda.
4. Pour over 8 quarts popped corn. Stir to coat.
5. Bake in large roaster to 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes.
6. Spread on wax paper to dry.

Off course, people might get a little thirsty eating the caramel corn so here’s a delicious eggnog to go with it.

Eggnog
Ingedients:

• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon Watkins Cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon Watkins Ginger
• 1/4 teaspoon Watkins Ground Cloves
• 6 eggs, well beaten
• 2 quarts orange juice, chilled
• 1/2 cup lemon juice
• 1 quart vanilla ice cream, slightly softened
• 1 bottle (28 oz) ginger ale (chilled)

Directions:

1. Beat sugar, cinnamon, ginger and cloves into eggs.
2. Blend in orange juice, lemon juice and ice cream.
3. Add ginger ale, just before serving.
4. Sprinkle nutmeg on top.

Makes 1 gallon.

Enjoy!

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2. Pumpkin Corn Bread
3. Lincoln’s Logs
4. Pumpkin Snack Cake
5. Swirled Holiday Snowball Cookies