Orange Pecans - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. sugar
1 tsp. cream of tartar
1/3 c. orange juice
2 1/4 c. pecan halves
1/2 tsp. grated orange rind

Preparation

Combine sugar, cream of tartar and orange juice in a saucepan. Cook over low heat, stirring gently, until sugar dissolves. Cover orange mixture and cook over medium heat 2 to 3 minutes to wash down sugar crystals from sides of pan. Uncover and cook over medium heat to soft ball stage (240\u00b0).
Remove from heat and beat with a wooden spoon just until mixture begins to thicken.
Stir in pecans and orange rind.
Working rapidly, drop by heaping teaspoonfuls onto wax paper; let cool.
Yields about 2 dozen.