Southern Pralines - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. sugar
1 c. packed brown sugar
1/2 c. light cream (20%)
1/4 tsp. salt
2 Tbsp. butter
1 c. pecan halves

Preparation

Butter a sheet of foil.
Combine sugars, cream and salt in a large saucepan.
Cook over medium heat until mixture spins a thread about 2 inches long when dropped from a spoon.
Stir in butter and pecans.
Continue cooking until mixture dropped in cold water flattens when taken out.
Remove from heat.
Cool 5 minutes. Beat with a wooden spoon
until slightly thickened.
Drop spoonfuls onto foil.