Jim Wentworth'S Southern Pralines - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 c. sugar
1 tsp. soda
1 pinch salt
1 c. buttermilk
6 Tbsp. oleo
2 c. shelled pecans

Preparation

Combine sugar, soda, salt and buttermilk in a saucepan. Bring to a boil,
stirring
constantly.
Add
oleo and pecans; lower heat
slightly and continue stirring until candy forms a hard ball in
cold
water.
This
will take a good while.
You will know you are
close
when the candy begins to turn brown from the
pecans and
sugar
cooking down.
Remove from heat; cool
slightly, beating constantly.
Drop by teaspoonful onto waxed paper to harden.