If you’ve been looking for a simple guide to Homemade Popcorn, without having to scroll down forever just to get the info you came for, you’ve arrived!
Homemade Popcorn is fresh every time, & embodies all the prime snack qualities: salty, crunchy, flavorful. Plus, it’s whole grain & costs pennies.
Without further ado, here’s the Homemade Popcorn recipe (I’ve even included a compact, printable recipe below).
Homemade Popcorn Recipe: Ingredients
- 2t. cooking oil
- 1/3c. popcorn kernels
- 1/2T. butter
- 1/4t. salt
How to Make Homemade Popcorn
- Pour oil and popcorn into bottom of stovetop popcorn pan, and cover.
- Turn on the burner to medium-high, and get popping!
- Keep it moving, so the popcorn doesn’t burn.
- When there are only 2-3 seconds between pops, remove from heat, open lid, and quickly toss in the butter and salt.
- Give a few hard shakes to spread it around, as it melts in the hot pan.
- Transfer to a large bowl. Enjoy!
Homemade Popcorn Printable Recipe
Homemade Popcorn
Homemade Popcorn is fresh every time, & embodies all the prime snack qualities: salty, crunchy, flavorful. Plus, it’s whole grain & costs pennies.
Servings: 2
Calories: 115kcal
Cost: Less than $1
Ingredients
- 2 t. cooking oil
- ⅓ c. popcorn kernels
- ½ T. butter
- ¼ t. salt
Instructions
- Pour oil and popcorn into bottom of stovetop popcorn pan, and cover.
- Turn on the burner to medium-high, and get popping! Keep it moving, so the popcorn doesn’t burn.
- When there are only 2-3 seconds between pops, remove from heat, open lid, and quickly toss in the butter and salt. Give a few hard shakes to spread it around, as it melts in the hot pan.
- Transfer to a large bowl. Enjoy!
Homemade Popcorn Makers from my Collection: shopping guide
- When you want to make enough fresh popcorn to share, Whirlypop is the best (view here). It makes several quarts of corn, using the stovetop. Get the one with the metal gear; the nylon one tends to wear out and slip over time.
- The fastest way to get your popcorn, so you can finally sit down, is with a personal-sized microwave popper. This borosilicate glass model (view here) is so much better designed than my old silicone one.
- Grandma’s old faithful electric popper is still available (view here). Best for movie theater flavor.
- I grew up with a popper on a long handle. We used to shake it over the gas burner. Today, I get toasty popcorn flavor by shaking it over the flame in my woodstove. New models seem to be poorly made and fall apart, which is a real hazard in a cooking tool. I was lucky enough to find a good one in an antique store.
- Air popped corn is not my favorite, but air poppers are safe and clean (view here). It’s an inexpensive way for younger kids to be able to make their own popcorn whenever they want. Put some butter flavored oil in an olive oil cruet, so they can season safely, too.
- More popcorn tips in my Popcorn on the Stove article, here.
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