Description
Typical southern sweets like these Southern Pecan Pralines grace almost every southern household during the holidays.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 1/2 cups packed light brown sugar
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 3 tablespoons dark corn syrup
- 1 cup evaporated milk
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups pecan halves
Instructions
- Butter the sides of a heavy 2-quart saucepan.
- Put the sugars, salt, corn syrup, milk, and butter in saucepan.
- Over medium heat, stir mixture constantly with a wooden spoon until sugars have dissolved and mixture comes to a boil.
- Continue to cook to a soft ball stage, approximately 236 degrees F on a candy thermometer. (If you do a cold water test, drizzle a drop of candy into a glass of cold water, the ball of candy will flatten between your fingers when you take it out of the water.)
- Remove from heat and allow it to cool for 10 minutes.
- Add the vanilla and nuts, and beat with a spoon by hand for approximately 2 minutes or until candy is slightly thick and begins to lose its gloss.
- Quickly drop heaping tablespoons onto waxed paper. If the candy becomes stiff while you’re dropping it on to the wax paper, add a few drops of hot water.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Cuisine: Southern
