Buttermilk Pralines

Recipe Ingredients

2 cups	396g / 13oz	White sugar
1 cup	237ml	Buttermilk
1 teaspoon	5ml	Soda water
1/8 teaspoon	0.6ml	Salt
1 1/2 tablespoons	22ml	Butter or margarine
1 teaspoon	5ml	Vanilla
2 cups	474ml	Pecans - broken up

Recipe Instructions

Mix sugar, buttermilk, soda, and salt in a heavy 3-quart saucepan, and cook over medium heat to soft-ball stage. Cool. Beat in butter and vanilla and stir in pecans. Drop by tablespoons onto wax paper to cool. Work fast. It it starts to harden in the pan, add a few drops of buttermilk, reheat, and stir well.

Source:
"Mountain Measures" -- Junior League of Charleston, WV ed. 1974

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