Submitted by Maw Maw Olivia
on Wednesday, November 20, 2002
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Makes:
40 servings
Prep Time:
25 minutes
Cook Time:
20 minutes
Ready In:
45 minutes
An old fashioned classic candy; several people refer to this as a fudge praline. Great fudge for the hoilday tin.
Ingredients
3 cups sugar
1 pinch of salt
1 pinch of soda
1 tsp vanilla
1/4 stick butter
1 cup evaporated milk
3 cups pecans coarsely chopped and roasted
Directions
The original recipe did not call for the pecans to be roasted. I find roasting enhances the flavor of the candy. Roasting is as easy a putting your pecans in the microwave for three minutes turning and stirring halfway thru.
There are two separate steps to prepare this candy. It is better if they are prepared side by side of each other and almost at the same time.
Melt 1 cup sugar in a heavy saucepan. Set aside until the following mixture comes to a boil.
Mix 2 cups of the sugar and 1 cup milk and bring to a boil. Add the soda, salt and butter. Add the melted sugar to the milk mixture and cook until the mixture forms a soft ball in water(soft ball stage).
Add the 3 cups pecans. Remove off heat and beat until creamy. Drop on oiled waxed paper by heaping teaspoon or tablespoon. Store in air tight container.
