Pecan Pralines - buttermilk

Method

• Put buttermilk, white sugar
• and
• soda
• in
• large
• pot. Stir mixture until sugar
• is
• completely dissolved.
• Place pot on a low to medium burner and
• let
• candy
• boil to a soft ball stage.
• Stir constantly.
• The
• mixture
• will
• turn
• a brownish color, but don't worry, it's supposed
• to.
• Once the soft ball stage is reached (by testing in
• cold
• water),
• remove the pot from the
• heat.
• Add
• 2 cups pecan halves, vanilla and butter. Beat mixture briskly until it becomes glossy and starts to get very
• thick.
• Quickly
• spoon onto greased waxed paper, making little
• patties.
• Let
• candy completely
• cool before removing from the
• paper.
• Should
• the mixture harden before you've had time to get it onto paper, return to heat for a few seconds.