-Pecan Pralines-.
Melt butter over medium
Mix sugar, butter and milk.
Cook until it forms a soft ball in cold water.
Stir often to keep from scorching.
Add vanilla, cinnamon and pecans.
Beat until almost cold.
Drop by spoonfuls onto waxed paper.
Start pouring pralines, while beating, before mixture gets too firm.
I always double this recipe, because they're gone before I finish if I don't!
Double recipe makes 40 pralines.
ax paper in between.
Pralines are extremely fragile, handle with
Mix sugar, salt, milk and Karo syrup in heavy 3-quart pan and cook to soft ball stage.
Add butter and vanilla.
Beat until cool.
Add pecan halves and drop by tablespoons onto wax paper. When firm, store in closed container.
You've never tasted candy until you've had a pecan praline.
They are sinfully delicious and rich and this recipe is more sinful than most.
Enjoy!
Butter sides of a pan.
In a large heavy saucepan, combine sugar, baking soda and salt.
Stir in buttermilk and corn syrup. Bring to a boil over medium heat.
Stir constantly.
Cook and stir to soft ball stage or 234\u00b0.
Remove from heat; add butter and pecans.
Beat until thick enough to drop on a buttered cookie sheet.
If it begins to get too thick, add 1 teaspoon hot water. Makes about 45 pralines.
They taste like the famous pralines of New Orleans.
Combine pecan halves, sugars and butter in a saucepan.
Bring the milk to a boil and pour over the pecan mixture.
Place over medium heat and cook for 7 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Remove from heat and add the vanilla.
Beat for 30 seconds.
Drop by tablespoons onto waxed paper.
Makes 24 pralines.
r margarine and 2 cups pecan halves.
Over medium heat
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For the smaller recipe, roll dough into a rectangle
Lay wax paper on top of folded newspaper.
You will need two pieces about 12 to 18 inches long (the newspaper will help the pralines release after cooling).
Mix sugars, milk, butter and pecans in saucepan over medium high heat until mixture comes to a boil.
Boil exactly 1 1/2 minutes and while continuing to stir. Remove from heat and stir for another 30 seconds.
Add vanilla and beat until mixture cools to the thickness of cream.
Immediately spoon out onto wax paper.
Allow to cool a few minutes.
May not be doubled.
r margarine and 2 cups pecan halves.
Over medium heat
Mix sugar, milk and soda thoroughly and cook over medium heat until small amount tested in cold water forms small ball.
Add butter and return to heat until butter has melted.
Remove from heat; add vanilla and beat until mixture begins to thicken.
Add pecans; mix thoroughly and drop in thin patties onto waxed paper or foil.
Yields 20 to 24 pralines.
Mix sugar, salt, milk and Karo syrup in heavy, 3-quart pan and cook to soft ball stage.
Add butter and vanilla.
Beat until cool.
Add pecans and drop by tablespoon onto wax paper.
When firm, store in closed container.
Makes approximately 2 dozen pralines.
ach praline includes about 3 pecan halves.
Let harden completely
Blend sugar, salt and evaporated milk.
Cook to 332\u00b0 (soft ball stage).
Remove from heat.
Add vanilla, butter and pecan halves. Beat just until candy begins to thicken.
Drop by tablespoonfuls onto wax paper.
(Work fast, for candy hardens quickly.)
Yields 1 1/2 dozen pralines.
In a large saucepan, combine sugar, soda and salt.
Stir in buttermilk and syrup. Bring to boiling over medium heat, stirring constantly. Cook and stir to soft ball stage (234\u00b0).
Remove from heat. Add butter. Stir in pecans.
Beat until mixture is thick enough to drop from spoon (5 or 6 minutes). Quickly drop from tablespoon onto waxed paper.
If candy becomes too stiff, add 1 teaspoon hot water.
Makes about 45 pralines.
part onto sheet of foil (pralines will spread into large patties
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.
Recipe may be doubled.
Cook sugars, milk, syrup and salt to soft ball stage (236\u00b0). Remove from heat.
Add butter and flavoring.
Stir until syrup begins to thicken.
Add broken pecans and drop from a spoon into cakes on waxed paper placed on a cookie sheet.
Press pecan halves into surface, working quickly because pralines harden rapidly!
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