Baked Fruited Popcorn

Grrrrrgh!
Course : Popcorn
From: HungryMonster.com
Serves: 6-8
 

Ingredients:

7 cups Popcorn
1 cup Pecans pieces
3/4 cup Candied red cherries -- cut up
3/4 cup Brown sugar -- packed
6 tablespoons Butter or margerine
3 tablespoons Light corn syrup
1/4 teaspoon Baking soda
1/4 teaspoon Vanilla
 

Preparation:

Remove all unpopped kernals from popcorn. In a 17x12x12 " baking pan, combine popcorn, pecans and cherries. In a 1 quart saucepan combine brown sugar, butter and corn syrup. Cook and stir over medium heat until butter melts and mixture comes to a boil. Cook over low heat 5 minutes more. Remove from heat. Stir in baking soda and vanilla. Pour mixture over popcorn; gently stir to ccoat popcorn mixture. Bake in 300~ oven for 15 minutes;stir. Bake 5-10 minutes more. Remove popcorn to large bowl, cool