Lois' Pecan Pralines - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 box light brown sugar
1/2 c. water
1 tsp. vanilla
1 c. white sugar
1/4 stick oleo
3 c. pecans

Preparation

Put first 4 ingredients in boiler and when mixture begins to boil, add the nuts.
Boil and stir occasionally until a little dropped in cold water makes a soft ball.
Remove from heat and set aside to cool a short time.
Then add vanilla and stir until mixture begins to stiffen.
Drop by tablespoonfuls on a sheet of waxed paper.
If it becomes too hard, return to very low heat and add 2 or 3 teaspoonfuls of boiling water.
Then drop again. Yield: about 30 pralines.