Pralines Aux Pacanes - Pecan Pralines - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup brown sugar
1 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup cream or 1/2 cup water
2 tablespoons butter (no substitutions)
1 cup pecans

Preparation

Dissolve sugars in cream or water and boil to the thread stage (228F), stirring occasionally.
Add butter and pecan meats; cook until syrup reaches the soft-ball stage (240F), or when a small amount of the mixture forns a soft ball when dropped in cold water.
Cool without disturbing, then beat until somewhat thickened but not until it loses its gloss.
Drop by tablespoons onto a buttered cookie sheet.
The candy will flatten out into large cakes.