Pralines

Total Time: 27 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/4 cup light corn syrup
• 1 cup chopped pecans

Recipe

• 1 combine sugar, brown sugar, butter, water and light corn syrup.
• 2 using a candy thermometer, and without stirring, cook over medium heat to the'soft-ball stage,' or 234°f*.
• 3 cool to 200°f without stirring.
• 4 stir in pecans and return to heat, stirring until thickened.
• 5 drop by spoonfuls onto wax paper and cool until firm.
• 6 *'soft-ball'describes the point at which a drop of boiling syrup immersed in cold water, when removed, forms a soft ball that flattens of its own accord but does not ooze.
• 7 on a candy thermometer, the soft-ball stage is between 234° and 240°f.