Cinnamon Glazed Popcorn

My family is in the midst of celebrating Advent and preparing for Christmas! I can hardly contain the joy and excitement as we anticipate the day. On Saturday our Advent activity was to make something for a teacher so Shane and I spent the evening making some treats for his Sunday school teachers. Our home smelled sweet and nutty and the results of this Cinnamon Glazed Popcorn was perfection. We packaged our treats up in some mason jars and party bags and tied a ribbon around the top and our gifts looked beautiful. I have loved our Countdown To Christmas Advent Activities this year and you can check them out here. The memories have been so sweet to soak up with The Brothers.

Cinnamon Glazed Popcorn

Recipe from 100 Days of Real Food

Ingredients

8 cups plain popcorn (I pop mine in a brown paper bag in the microwave)

1 1/2 cup raw cashews

6 tablespoons butter

1/4 cup honey

1 tsp. dried cinnamon

1/2 tsp. ground ginger

1/2 tsp. salt

Ingredients

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.

2. In a medium pan melt the butter and stir in the honey. Mix in the spices and salt.

3. Put the cashews in a large mixing bowl and stir in 2 T of the honey butter mixture until the nuts are coated.

4. Spread the coated nuts on a large parchment lined baking sheet (or a buttered non stick backing sheet) and bake in your preheated oven for about 6 minutes, stirring half way through. The nuts will be slightly brown and fragrant.

5. In the same large mixing bowl mix the popcorn (make sure to sort out any unpopped kernels) and the remaining honey butter mixture until evenly distributed. 

6. After the cashews have been toasted (they will smell amazing!) add the popcorn mixture and give the batch a big stir to mix things up. Pop the baking sheet back in the oven and toast for another 4 minutes, stir, then toast for another 2-4 until everything looks a light golden brown. 

7. When the mixture is done allow it to cool. As it cools it will harden so stir it up every few minutes to avoid large chunks from sticking together. Once the mixture has cooled, store it in an air tight container or into a cute and festive goodie bag, tin or jar for a festive gift.