Recipe - Cajun Pralines

2 cup Sugar
1 cup Firmly packed brown sugar
1 cup Milk
One half cup Butter or margarine
2 tablespoon Light Karo syrup
4 cup Pecan halves

Combine first 5 ingredients in a Dutch oven and bring to a boil. Cook,
stirring constantly until mixture reaches 225 degrees. Add pecans and
continue cooking, stirring constantly until mixture reaches the soft ball
stage (236 degrees) on a candy thermometer. Remove from heat and beat
vigorously with a wooden spoon until mixture begins to thicken. Drop by
tablespoonfuls onto greased waxed paper. Let stand until firm. Store in an
airtight container. Makes 3 One half dozen.

Posted to recipeludigest Volume 01 Number 368 by Cheryl Miller
csmiller@LAMAR.COLOSTATE.EDU on Dec 14, 1997