[New Recipe] Grandma Elsie's Spiced Holiday Popcorn | #ThanksgivingRecipe

It's that time of year again where we’re excited to honor Grandma Elsie with a new recipe featuring her world famous spice mix. Our dear friends, Brad Whitworth and Peg Champion of Grandma Elsie’s “West Coast Test Kitchen” have cooked up a new and exciting Thanksgiving snack recipe – Grandma Elsie’s Spiced Holiday Popcorn (with a kick)!

We’ve tried it, and love it, and are happy to share the recipe with you.

Ingredients

• ¼ cup olive oil

• 1 teaspoon paprika

• ½ teaspoon ground cayenne pepper

• ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon

• ¼ cup canola oil (can substitute grapeseed oil or coconut oil)

• ½ cup popcorn kernels

• 1 tablespoon Grandma Elsie’s spice mix (click for the recipe to make your own)

• ¾ teaspoon kosher salt

Directions

• Heat the olive oil in a small saucepan over low heat until just heated through.
• Stir in the paprika, cayenne pepper, and cinnamon spices and remove from heat. 
• In a large (4-quart or larger) heavy-bottomed pot, add the canola oil and two popcorn kernels and heat over medium high heat. 
• After the kernels have popped, add the remaining ½ cup of kernels, cover and shake the pot constantly for about 3 minutes. Stop when there is a few seconds’ pause between kernel popping. 
• Quickly transfer the popcorn to a large serving bowl big enough to mix the popcorn.
• Add half of the popcorn to the bowl and stir the spiced oil well. Drizzle half of it over the first half of the popcorn.
• Add the second half of the popcorn and drizzle with the remaining oil. Using your hands, mix thoroughly until the popcorn is evenly coated.
• Then sprinkle with Grandma Elsie’s spice mix and kosher salt and mix again.
• Taste, adjusting with more Grandma Elsie’s or salt as desired.
• Serve immediately.

We hope you enjoy the recipe as much as we do.

For a printable recipe card, click here.

Planning to make Grandma Elsie's Spiced Holiday Popcorn? We would love it if you shared how it turned out with us below.

—David Grossman

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