Creole Pralines
Source of Recipe
Creole
List of Ingredients
1 C firmly packed dark brown sugar
1 C sugar
1/2 C cream
2 T butter
1 1/2 C pecan halves (6 oz)Recipe
Combine sugars and cream in a heavy 2-quart saucepan and bring to boil over medium heat, stirring occasionally with a wooden spoon, until mixture forms a thick syrup.
Add pecans and butter and continue to cook over medium heat, stirring frequently.
Remove sauce pan to a heatproof surface (such as a wire rack) and let cool for 10 minutes.
Use a tablespoon to drop rounded balls of the mixture onto sheet wax paper or foil, leaving about 3 inches between each ball for pralines to spread. Allow to cool.
Var;
Dark pecan pralines. Omit white sugar and increase brown sugar to 2 cups.
Florida coconut. Omit brown sugar and use 2 cups granulated. Use 1 C finely grated coconut for pecans.
Peanut. Replace pecans with 1 1/2 cups peanuts.(8 oz)
Acadian. Use almonds in place of pecan halves.
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