Grannie’s Pralines I

Ingredients

  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 2 tbsp corn syrup
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 cup light brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup evaporated milk
  • 2 tbsp butter
  • 2 cups pecans

Directions

Step 1

Combine sugar, brown sugar, salt, milk and corn syrup. Mix and cook over medium heat to soft ball stage.

Step 2

Remove from heat and add butter, vanilla and pecans: beat until mixture begins to thicken and loses its gloss.

Step 3

Drop by the spoonful onto marble surface or wax paper, let harden and cool. Store in covered container or tin.



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