You CANNOT pop popcorn with normal butter, it just burns and Use to pop the popcorn – because it has a higher smoke point than normal butter. This has two benefits for butter popcorn: Once the water is evaporated, the melted butter is now pure butter fat. This is just melted butter that’s simmered until the water in the butter evaporates – because butter is made up of fat, milk solids and water.

The secret to stay-crispy popcorn that’s really butter is clarified butter, also known as ghee. You’d be hard pressed to find an Aussie who isn’t familiar with this term! How to make butter popcorn without it going soggy We affectionally referred to it as Tight-Arse-Tuesdays. * In Australia, movie tickets are (were?) discounted by most cinemas every Tuesday. This butter popcorn is intensely buttery – and it stays crisp for days! In particular, for all fellow Aussies who remember enjoying cheap movie tickets on Tight-Arse-Tuesdays*, only to spend twice as much on popcorn and M&M’s.īut I can help you with the butter popcorn!!! Today’s butter popcorn recipe is for everyone who’s blown a fortune at movie theatre candy bars.

This yellow, intensely buttery homemade Movie Popcorn stays crisp FOR DAYS! Save a fortune at the movie theatre candy bar – just remember to take a giant bag so you can smuggle in loads of your own homemade Butter Popcorn….

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