Aunt Bill'S Microwave Candy - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 c. sugar
1 tsp. baking soda
1 c. buttermilk
3/4 c. margarine
1 tsp. vanilla
2 c. chopped pecans

Preparation

Combine sugar, soda, buttermilk and butter.
Microwave for 2 1/2 minutes; stir and turn dish.
Return to oven for 2 minutes, or until soft ball forms in cold water or it tests 236\u00b0 on candy thermometer (do not put thermometer in microwave).
Add vanilla; beat with electric mixer until soft peaks form.
Watch closely. Stir in pecans.
Spread in buttered 12 x 7-inch dish.
Cool; cut into pieces.