Buttermilk Pecan Pralines 1 tsp. soda 1 c. buttermilk 3 c. sugar 1 c. butter Pinch of salt 2 tbsp. white corn syrup 1 tsp. vanilla 1 1/2 c. pecan halves Add soda to buttermilk. Mix sugar, buttermilk mixture, butter, salt and syrup. Cook until it forms a rather hard ball when dropped into water. (Do not undercook or pralines will not set up firm enough.) Add vanilla and then pecans, and stir a short time. Cool rapidly. Spoon pralines on waxed paper. Makes 22-48 pralines.
1 tsp. soda1 c. buttermilk3 c. sugar1 c. butterPinch of salt2
tbsp. white corn syrup1 tsp. vanilla1 1/2 c. pecan halves
Add soda to buttermilk. Mix sugar, buttermilk mixture, butter,
salt and syrup. Cook until it forms a rather hard ball when dropped
into water. (Do not undercook or pralines will not set up firm
enough.) Add vanilla and then pecans, and stir a short time. Cool
rapidly. Spoon pralines on waxed paper. Makes 22-48 pralines.
