2½ qts popped corn

1 lb brown sugar

½ cup corn syrup

½ cup water

½ cup butter

2 tsp salt

1 tbsp vanilla

1 cup peanuts

Cook sugar, syrup, water, butter and salt to soft crack stage 290◦. Add vanilla. In large buttered bowl, mix nuts and popcorn. Pour syrup over nuts and popcorn. Spread out on buttered cookie sheets. Break into clusters with 2 forks and cool. Tastes like cracker jacks.