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Pecan pralines on a white tray with a drink.

Pecan Pralines

Bree Hester
5 from 1 vote
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Additional Time 35 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Course Snack
Cuisine Southern
Servings 12
Calories 436 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups pecan halves and pieces
  • 3 cups light brown sugar
  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 2 Tablespoons light corn syrup or honey
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt

Instructions
 

  • Spread the pecans out in a single layer on a sheet pan. Roast in a 350-degree oven for 8 to 10 minutes, or until toasted. Cool completely. Line two baking sheets with parchment or waxed paper. Set them aside.
    Pecans spread on a baking sheet for Pecan Pralines.
  • Add the brown sugar, cream, butter, and corn syrup to a heavy-bottomed Dutch oven.
    Adding brown sugar, cream, butter, and corn syrup to a Dutch oven for Pecan Pralines.
  • Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly.
    Boiling pecan praline mixture in a Dutch oven, stirred with a spatula and candy thermometer.
  • Boil until a candy thermometer reaches 236 degrees (soft ball stage).
    Boiling the Pecan Pralines mixture in a blue pot with a candy thermometer.
  • Take the sugar off the heat and let it cool until the thermometer reaches 150 degrees. This takes about 15 to 20 minutes.
    Baked pecans on baking sheet with kitchen timer and mixing bowl on granite countertop.
  • Stir in vanilla and salt.
    Stirring vanilla and salt into the Pecan Pralines mixture.
  • Add pecans.
    Sweet pecan caramel filling in a blue saucepan with an orange silicone spatula for baking desserts.
  • Stir constantly for one to two minutes or until it begins to lose its gloss.
    Stirring pecan praline mixture with an orange spatula.
  • Working quickly, drop onto parchment-lined baking sheets. Let cool until they are firm, 10 to 15 minutes.
    Pecan pralines dropped onto parchment paper to cool.

Nutrition

Calories: 436kcalCarbohydrates: 60gProtein: 2gFat: 23gSaturated Fat: 8gSodium: 150mgFiber: 2g
Keyword candy making, Charleston dessert, Mardi Gras, New Orleans dessert, pecan candy, pecan pralines, pralines, southern dessert, sweet treat,
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