Pralines - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 c. sugar
2 more c. sugar
2 c. broken pecans
1 c. water
2 Tbsp. butter
dash of salt

Preparation

Put 2 cups sugar, water, salt and pecans in saucepan; bring to boil.
Brown 1/2 cup sugar in iron skillet and let it melt to a light caramel color.
Pour this into first mixture.
(Be careful as this could cause a splash.) Continue to cook until it forms a soft ball when tested in cold water.
Add butter and stir until it cools and thickens a bit.
Quickly drop by spoonful on wax paper which is on newspaper.
When cool, pralines will lift off.