Pecan Pralines - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. buttermilk
2 c. granulated white sugar
1 tsp. baking soda
2 c. pecan halves
1 tsp. vanilla
1 Tbsp. butter

Preparation

Put buttermilk, white sugar
and
soda
in
large
pot. Stir mixture until sugar
is
completely dissolved.
Place pot on a low to medium burner and
let
candy
boil to a soft ball stage.
Stir constantly.
The
mixture
will
turn
a brownish color, but don't worry, it's supposed
to.
Once the soft ball stage is reached (by testing in
cold
water),
remove the pot from the
heat.
Add
2 cups pecan halves, vanilla and butter. Beat mixture briskly until it becomes glossy and starts to get very
thick.
Quickly
spoon onto greased waxed paper, making little
patties.
Let
candy completely
cool before removing from the
paper.
Should
the mixture harden before you've had time to get it onto paper, return to heat for a few seconds.