Buttermilk Pecan Pralines - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup buttermilk
3 cups sugar
1 cup butter
1 pinch salt
2 tablespoons white corn syrup
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 cups pecan pieces, broken

Preparation

Add soda to buttermilk. Mix sugar, buttermilk mixture, butter, salt and syrup. Cook until it reaches the soft-ball stage when dropped into water or registers about 235 - 240 degrees on a food thermometer.
Add vanilla and pecans; stir rapidly a short time until just thickens. Spoon pralines quickly onto waxed paper.