Texas Pralines - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 c. sugar
1 c. buttermilk
2 Tbsp. butter
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. vanilla
2 c. broken pecans

Preparation

Line a\tlarge
cookie sheet with waxed paper.
In heavy saucepan combine sugar, buttermilk, butter and soda.
Stirring constantly, cook
on
low
heat
until
mixture boils, about 5 minutes.
Stirring\toften,\tcontinue cooking until candy thermometer reaches
238\u00b0
or
a
small of mixture dropped in cold water forms
a
ball.
Remove
from heat; cool 2 minutes.
Add vanilla and
pecans.
Beat until mixture begins to lose gloss. Drop by spoonful on prepared cookie sheet.