Coconut Pralines - cooking recipe

Ingredients

6 c. sugar
2 cans cream
3 c. freshly grated coconut
1 c. pecans
1 stick butter
1 tsp. vanilla

Preparation

Boil sugar and milk to 240\u00b0 on candy thermometer or soft ball stage.
Remove from heat and immediately stir in coconut, pecans and butter.
Return to heat and continue cooking, stirring constantly, until candy returns to soft ball stage.
Beat until slightly thickened, but not until it loses its gloss.
Add vanilla.
Cook 3 minutes.
Drop by tablespoonfuls onto double thickness of buttered waxed paper.
Yields 24 pralines.