Southern Recipe ☆ Southern Pecan Pralines

These traditional Southern candies make sweet tea-time treats or a welcome gourmet gift.

Ingredients

• Crisco® Original No-Stick Cooking Spray
• 1 ½ cups firmly packed brown sugar
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• ⅓ cup PET® Evaporated Milk
• 1 tablespoon light corn syrup
• 3 tablespoons Crisco® Butter Flavor All-Vegetable Shortening
• ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 ½ cups coarsely chopped pecans
• ¼ teaspoon cream of tartar

Cooking Directions

1. Coat a baking sheet lightly with no-stick cooking spray.
2. Combine brown sugar, granulated sugar, evaporated milk and corn syrup in 3-quart saucepan. Heat to boiling over medium heat, stirring constantly. Cover and boil 1 minute. Uncover. Cook over medium heat, without stirring, to 235 degrees F on candy thermometer. Remove from heat.
3. Add shortening, vanilla, pecans and cream of tartar. Stir with wooden spoon until mixture thickens slightly. Do not overstir. Let the mixture stand 3 minutes. Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls onto prepared baking sheet. Cool until firm.

Nutrition Facts

• calories62.1
• carbohydrateContent8.7 g
• cholesterolContent1 mg
• fatContent3.1 g
• fiberContent0.3 g
• proteinContent0.5 g
• saturatedFatContent0.5 g
• sodiumContent4.5 mg
• sugarContent8.1 g