Mr. Lee's New Orleans Pralines
Source of Recipe
Mr. Lee
List of Ingredients
1 1/4 cups of sugar
3/4 cups of brown sugar
1/2 cup of evaporated milk
1/2 stick butter
1 tablespoon vanilla
1 1/2 cups pecans
Recipe
Put sugars & milk in heavy bottom pan & cook to *soft ball stage. Take off heat & add frozen butter, vanilla & pecans & stir until shine leaves mixture & then spoon on waxed paper. Very easy & makes the best pralines ever.
* Soft Ball Stage begins at 234 degrees. A small amount of syrup dropped into chilled water forms a ball, but flattens when picked up with fingers