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The classic stove top method for popping popcorn with butter instead of oil will give you great results as long as it s clarified butter. You may also use a mason jar and cover it with a paper lunch sack to block out light.

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Put the sticks of butter in a small saucepan and bring them to a boil over medium heat.

How to make popcorn butter oil. Put 2 kernels of popcorn into the pan cover and wait to hear them both pop. If you ve ever tried to make popcorn with butter yourself you know how. If you want butter on top you have to squirt it on yourself.

Popcorn vendors think that cooking oil is better than butter because butter weighs popcorn down causing it to get mushy and soggy. Movie theaters use butter flavored oil which has a lower water content than butter so it makes popcorn less soggy. Pop your popcorn in coconut oil or canola oil.

Most movie popcorn that you get at the theatre only contains cooking oil. You can use a large saucepan with a lid or a special popcorn pan. Pour 2 tablespoons or so depending on how big of a pan you use of oil in the bottom of a medium large pan.

To make it melt 2 sticks butter in a. These are the two most common oils used by movie theaters. Instructions melt the two oils together over low heat and swirl gently to mix well.

Add to the pan approximately 2 tablespoons of clarified butter per 2 ounces of kernels and set it over a medium high heat. Remove the pan from the heat take out the 2 popped kernels add in the remaining kernels cover and let sit for 1 minute. Once the butter starts to boil it will start to foam.

Directions in a thin and shallow 3 1 2 quart pot heat the oil over high heat. The oil should generously cover the bottom of the pan. Heat the pan over medium high heat.

With a large spoon start skimming the foam off of the butter and discarding it. Add a few test kernels then add the rest of the popcorn when they pop. Heat a thin layer of oil until shimmering in a large pot.

Real clarified butter has the same effect. Pour into a dark colored glass jar. The popcorn at the movies isn t made with butter at all.

Sometimes it helps to tip your pot forward ever so slighty. Put 3 test popcorn kernels in the pan and put on the cover. The corn kernels are cooked in coconut or canola oil and sprinkled with a concoction of salt butter flavorings and bright yellow food coloring.