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Praline

Source of Recipe

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam-Burd


Recipe Introduction

NOTE from Lou Decruss on rfc: I used a cup of brown sugar in place of one cup of white and used almonds and also added cashews. They are just how I remember them as a kid. Sinfully delicious. Here's a picture and the recipe for anyone who missed it. http://i36.tinypic.com/if8y0h.jpg From Terry: I found this basic recipe a while back, then dinked around until I was happy with it. The "dinking" took the form of a) toasting the pecans lightly, and b) I spoon the pralines onto an oiled cookie sheet, which works much better than waxed paper. I also occasionally add a tablespoon of rum or other liquer.

List of Ingredients

1 tsp. soda
1 c. buttermilk
3 c. sugar (SEE NOTE)
1 c. butter
Pinch of salt
2 tbsp. white corn syrup
1 tsp. vanilla
1 1/2 c. pecan halves (SEE NOTE)


Recipe

Add soda to buttermilk. Mix sugar, buttermilk mixture, butter, salt
and syrup. Cook until it forms a rather hard ball when dropped into
water. Add vanilla and then pecans, and stir a short time. Cool
rapidly. Spoon pralines on waxed paper. Makes 22-48 pralines.