Buttermilk Pecan Pralines (Cook ‘Em Horns)
Buttermilk Pecan Pralines (Cook ‘Em Horns), a candies recipe with simple ingredients and a clear step-by-step method. Home cooking from the Soumac recipe.
Buttermilk Pecan Pralines (Cook ‘Em Horns)
Ingredients
- 3 c Sugar
- 1 t Baking Soda
- 1 Pinch of Salt
- 1 c Buttermilk
- 3/4 c White Corn Syrup
- 2 T Butter
- 2 c Pecan Halves
Method
- In a large saucepan, (5 or 6 Quart size) combine sugar, baking soda, salt, buttermilk and corn syrup.
- Bring to a boil, stirring constantly.
- Reduce heat to medium-low, continue cooking until mixture becomes caramel-colored and reaches soft ball stage (238 degrees).
- Remove from heat, add butter and pecan halves.
- Beat until thick enough to drop from a spoon onto waxed paper.
- If mixture becomes too hard, return to heat and add small amount of water.
- Stir until smooth.
- Yield: 44 to 48 Pralines. *** Variation *** Reduce sugar to 2 cups.
- Omit corn syrup.
- Increase butter to 3/4 cup, add 1 teaspoon vanilla.
- Include butter in cooking stage.
- Add vanilla with pecans.
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