This yellow, intensely buttery homemade Movie Popcornstays crisp FOR DAYS!

I cant help you on the M&Ms.

But Icanhelp you with the butter popcorn!!!

Yellow Homemade Movie Popcorn in a popcorn bucket

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This butter popcorn is intensely buttery and it stays crisp for days!

  • In Australia, movie tickets are (were??)

discounted by most cinemas every Tuesday.

Close up of yellow, buttery, Homemade Movie Popcorn

We affectionally referred to it as Tight-Arse-Tuesdays.

Youd be hard pressed to find an Aussie who isnt familiar with this term!

Once the water is evaporated, the melted butter is now pure butter fat.

Preparation steps for how to make Ghee / Clarified Butter

In fact, it stays crispy for days and days and days….

Alternative to making clarified butter:Use store bought ghee.

Thats what clarified butter is!

Ghee in a jar

The buttery smell is just insane!

Its liquid when warm and a soft butter consistency at room temperature (just microwave to melt).

Youll find ghee is called for in almost everyIndian recipe.

Preparation steps for how to make yellow, buttery Homemade Movie Popcorn

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How to make MoviePopcorn YELLOW!

For a truly authentic Movie Popcorn experience, this recipe includes an option to make your popcorn yellow!

Caveat:Youwillget yellow fingers and tongue, just like when you indulge in Cheetos and Cheezels!

Saffron and tumeric used to make homemade yellow Movie Popcorn

There is also the slightest hum of warmth left on your tongue from the spices, barely noticeable.

None of my friends noticed it until I probed them repeatedly!!!

This was also the problem with normal yellow food colouring it doesnt dissolve in fat.

Close up of yellow, buttery, Homemade Movie Popcorn

I tried emulsifying it by shaking in a jar with the butter, grinding with salt and sprinkling.

Who knew I could write so much aboutpopcorn??!!

I will tell you this though.

Close up of yellow, buttery, Homemade Movie Popcorn

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Putting aside the yellow colouring, because that really is optional, Homemade Movie Popcorn is insanely addictive.

Its buttery in a way that just dousing with normal melted butter never will be.

And the best part?

Dozer the golden retriever dog and Nagi from RecipeTin Eats at Araluen

IT STAYS CRISP FOR DAYS.

As in perfectly crispy.

Start thinking about how youre going to smuggle this into the cinema.

Because honestly, its almost criminal how expensive movie popcorn is to buy!!!

Ooooh…. light bulb goes off in head….

I could be talking aboutanyday…..