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Tom Cooper's Macadamia Nut Pralines

Source of Recipe


Tom Cooper






List of Ingredients



• 2 cups sugar
  
• 1 cup buttermilk
  
• 1/4 cup molasses
  
• 1/4 cup butter
  
• 1-1/4 cups small macadamia nut pieces
  
• 2 tsp baking soda
  
• 1 tsp vanilla
  






Instructions



1. In a heavy saucepan over medium heat, combine sugar, buttermilk, molasses, butter, macadamias and baking soda. Stirring constantly, boil to the soft-ball stage (about 234 degrees on a candy thermometer).
   
   
2. Remove pan from heat and stir in vanilla. Beat until mixture loses its sheen and just starts to set; then quickly spoon out by heaping teaspoons onto wax paper, preferably over a marble surface.
   
   Makes 20 (2-inch) pieces.