Pecan Pralines

Name: Pecan Pralines
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 1 1/2 dozen
Ingredients: 3 cups light brown sugar; 1 cup whipping cream; 2 cups pecan halves; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; Wax paper; 1/4 cup butter; 2 tablespoons corn syrup

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3 Reviews

It's rare not to see flan, sopapillas (puffy pillows of fried flour tortillas drizzled with cinnamon and honey), and pecan pralines on Tex-Mex restaurant menus. There's only one authentic style of Texas praline. It must be relatively flat, hard to the touch, and offer both a creamy and crispy sugar texture as it melt away on your palate. If you find someone peddling the chewy kind somewhere, it's not the authentic Texas thing.

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Recipe Summary

hands-on:

20 mins

total:

30 mins

Yield:

1 1/2 dozen

Ingredients

3 cups light brown sugar
1 cup whipping cream
2 cups pecan halves
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Wax paper
1/4 cup butter
2 tablespoons corn syrup

Directions

Step 1
Preheat oven to 350˚. Spread pecan halfs onto a baking sheet, and bake for 5 minutes. Remove from oven, stir pecans around baking sheet, and place back into oven for another 5 minutes.

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Step 2
Bring brown sugar, whipping cream, butter, and corn syrup to a boil in a heavy 4-qt. saucepan over medium heat, stirring constantly. Boil, stirring occasionally, 4 to 6 minutes or until a candy thermometer registers 236˚F (soft ball stage). Remove sugar mixture from heat.Let sugar mixture stand until candy thermometer reaches 150˚F (20 to 25 minutes). Stir in pecans and vanilla using a wooden spoon; stir constantly 1 to 2 minutes or just until mixture begins to lose its gloss.
Step 3
Let sugar mixture stand until candy thermometer reaches 150˚F (20 to 25 minutes). Stir in pecans and vanilla using a wooden spoon; stir constantly 1 to 2 minutes or just until mixture begins to lose its gloss.
Step 4
Quickly drop by heaping tablespoonfuls onto wax paper, and let stand until firm (10 to 15 minutes).

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Kathy

01/03/2021

Absolutely love these pralines. Give them away as presents and every one gives me excellent feedback. They can’t wait for Christmas or their birthday to come around because they know they are getting some. I add about 2 T more cream and like another reviewer I keep extra pecans on hand to mix in at the end as I always have more praline that needs pecans. This is probably my favorite candy/cookie of all time and so easy to make.

shannonhillegeistgmailcom

12/09/2020

Snarky review from 12/8, not withstanding, I found this recipe easy to follow & appreciated the time approximates along with the temperatures. The pralines are delicious. I’ve given them as neighbor gifts for the holidays. One note, if you double the recipe, use a much larger pot & and double plus an extra cup of toasted pecans. I reserve a half cup to a cup of toasted pecans to add towards the end of scooping so my last few pralines don’t get cheated by my over serving pecans in my first few. ;)

Southern Living Member

12/08/2020

It's hard to trust a recipe when the first few sentences have not been edited. Has our society decided that being elementary school spell check educated adequate? And you want us to believe a recipe?

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