Creole Pralines - sugar

Method

• Combine all ingredients except pecans in a heavy 3-quart saucepan.
• Cook, stirring constantly, for 20 minutes after syrup boils.
• Add pecans and continue cooking until mixture reaches 236 degrees on a candy thermometer, or until it forms a soft ball when dropped into cold water.
• Arrange several sheets of wax paper over layers of newspaper.
• Stir praline mixture well.
• Drop it by tablespoons onto sheets of wax paper.
• Let cool.
• Stack pralines in airtight container with wax paper between the layers.