Submitted by Jerry Levy
on Saturday, February 28, 2004
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Makes:
20 servings
Prep Time:
10 minutes
Cook Time:
30 minutes
Ready In:
40 minutes
How about a Pecan Picking and Praline Party? You pick the pecans (as my Mom would say) or participate in the pecan picking (as my fancy cousin would say), crack and shell the bucketful of nuts; Take this recipe, invite your friends make up a batchful. Enjoy this old fashioned classic candy. But do try to do this on a dry day as pralines generally turn out better on a dry cool day (that is what my Mommy use to tell me).
Ingredients
3 cups white granulated sugar
1 cup buttermilk
1 stick real butter (8 tablespoon)
1/4 cup white Karo Syrup
1 tsp butter flavoring
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp baking soda
1 quart or more pecan pieces
Directions
Combine the sugar, buttermilk, butter and Karo Syrup ingredients in a large sauce pan. Testing with a candy thermometer, cook until the soft ball stage.
Remove from heat.
Add:
1 teaspoon butter flavoring
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon baking soda (this will foam up)
Then add:
1 quart pecan pieces or more
Beat all together until candy becomes tacky.
Spoon out onto wax paper. (Editor's Note - Parchment paper works real well also or Release Tin Foil.)
Do this fast because it will get hard in the pot. Best to have a helper here (cause you sure gonna not have to look around to have help with the eating!).
