Recipe - Mamas Pralines

1 One half cup Dark brown sugar
1 One half cup White sugar
2 tablespoon Margarine
1/8 teaspoon Salt
1 One half cup Evaporated milk
2 cup Whole pecans
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
1 cup Very cold water (to test
"hardball" stage)
1 teaspoon Oil (for cookie sheets)

From: kclemens@engin.umich.edu

Date: Wed, 10 Nov 93 19:14:54 0500
From Chachie's New Orleans Cooking

In a large saucepan, combine above ingredients except water. Stir
constantly with a wooden spoon over a mediumlow flame. Mixture should be
at a low boil. Stir bottom and sides continuously. Cook for about 4 minutes
until a drop of the mixture forms a "hardball" drop when placed in a cup
of cold water, or mixture reaches 260 degrees F. Remove from stove and beat
briskly for 2 minutes until mixture cools, thickens, and becomes creamy.

On large pieces of waxed paper, aluminum foil, or oiled cookie sheets, drop
2 or 3 pecans with a tablespoon of mixture for each praline. When all of
mixture has been poured, let cool thoroughly. Store in airtight
containers. Serves 10 yields forty 2inch pralines.

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