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Ingredients

  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 3 cups sugar
  • 1 cup butter
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 2 tablespoons white corn syrup
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 1/2 cups pecan pieces, broken

Method

  • Add soda to buttermilk. Mix sugar, buttermilk mixture, butter, salt and syrup. Cook until it reaches the soft-ball stage when dropped into water or registers about 235 - 240 degrees on a food thermometer.
  • Add vanilla and pecans; stir rapidly a short time until just thickens. Spoon pralines quickly onto waxed paper.