Please Help With Pecan Praline Recipe

On Mon, 19 Nov 2007 09:54:54 -0600, Lou Decruss <[email hidden]>
fired up random neurons and synapses to opine:

Quoted message said:

40+ years ago my mom made them. I loved them, but she has no clue
what she used for a recipe. I remember she used buttermilk, and light
Karo was always around so I'm thinking this might be close. Anyone
done something similar and care to comment? Or have a better recipe?
Comments and flames are welcome!

I found this basic recipe a while back, then dinked around until I was
happy with it. The "dinking" took the form of a) toasting the pecans
lightly, and b) I spoon the pralines onto an oiled cookie sheet, which
works much better than waxed paper. I also occasionally add a
tablespoon of rum or other liquer.

1 tsp. soda
1 c. buttermilk
3 c. sugar
1 c. butter
Pinch of salt
2 tbsp. white corn syrup
1 tsp. vanilla
1 1/2 c. pecan halves

Add soda to buttermilk. Mix sugar, buttermilk mixture, butter, salt
and syrup. Cook until it forms a rather hard ball when dropped into
water. Add vanilla and then pecans, and stir a short time. Cool
rapidly. Spoon pralines on waxed paper. Makes 22-48 pralines.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
--
"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret had been as
old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had been as full as the
waitress's, it would have been a very good dinner."

-- Duncan Hines

To reply, replace "meatloaf" with "cox"

Terry Pulliam Burd said:

On Mon, 19 Nov 2007 09:54:54 -0600, Lou Decruss <[email hidden]>
fired up random neurons and synapses to opine:

Quoted message said:

40+ years ago my mom made them. I loved them, but she has no clue
what she used for a recipe. I remember she used buttermilk, and light
Karo was always around so I'm thinking this might be close. Anyone
done something similar and care to comment? Or have a better recipe?
Comments and flames are welcome!

I found this basic recipe a while back, then dinked around until I was
happy with it. The "dinking" took the form of a) toasting the pecans
lightly, and b) I spoon the pralines onto an oiled cookie sheet, which
works much better than waxed paper. I also occasionally add a
tablespoon of rum or other liquer.

1 tsp. soda
1 c. buttermilk
3 c. sugar
1 c. butter
Pinch of salt
2 tbsp. white corn syrup
1 tsp. vanilla
1 1/2 c. pecan halves

Add soda to buttermilk. Mix sugar, buttermilk mixture, butter, salt
and syrup. Cook until it forms a rather hard ball when dropped into
water. Add vanilla and then pecans, and stir a short time. Cool
rapidly. Spoon pralines on waxed paper. Makes 22-48 pralines.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

Thank you very much. It's nice to have a tried and true recipe. I'll
be making them this weekend.

Lou

On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 14:08:12 GMT, Lou Decruss <[email hidden]> fired
up random neurons and synapses to opine:

Quoted message said:

Thank you very much. It's nice to have a tried and true recipe. I'll
be making them this weekend.

I'd love to know if you like the recipe as much as my family (and
co-workers) do.

I also have a recipe that is a little different and the DH prefers to
the pralines, but is also praline-ish:

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Harris Ranch Pecan Drops

cookies

2 1/2 cups brown sugar
3/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 pounds coarsely chopped
pecan pieces
1/2 cup egg whites; 3 - 4 large eggs

1. Heat the oven to 350 degrees. In the bowl of an electric mixer,
combine the brown sugar, salt, vanilla and pecan pieces. Beat on low
speed to incorporate the ingredients, then drizzle in the egg whites.
Increase the speed to medium-low and beat for 4 to 5 minutes, scraping
down the sides of the bowl as needed.

2. Drop the dough in rounded tablespoons onto a greased baking sheet.
Press each ball of dough with the back of a spoon to form a cookie 3
1/2 inches in diameter and about one-eighth-inch thick.

3. Bake 10 to 12 minutes, until the edges are lightly browned. Remove
from oven and immediately remove the cookies from the baking sheet to
a cooling rack. The cookies will be soft but will firm up as they
cool.

Yield: 3 dozen cookies

Preparation Time: 1 hour

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
--
"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret had been as
old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had been as full as the
waitress's, it would have been a very good dinner."

-- Duncan Hines

To reply, replace "meatloaf" with "cox"

Terry Pulliam Burd said:

On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 14:08:12 GMT, Lou Decruss <[email hidden]> fired
up random neurons and synapses to opine:

Quoted message said:

Thank you very much. It's nice to have a tried and true recipe. I'll
be making them this weekend.

I'd love to know if you like the recipe as much as my family (and
co-workers) do.

I also have a recipe that is a little different and the DH prefers to
the pralines, but is also praline-ish:

Thanks so much for the new recipe. We had a late start over the
weekend because our heat went out Thanksgiving morning. So I didn't
get around to making them. But next weekend I will, and I'll report
back.

Thanks again,

Lou