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Buttermilk Pecan Pralines (Cook 'Em Horns)

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      Title: BUTTERMILK PECAN PRALINES (COOK 'EM HORNS)
 Categories: Candies, Christmas
      Yield: 40 Servings
 
      3 c  Sugar
      1 ts Baking Soda
      1    Pinch of Salt
      1 c  Buttermilk
    3/4 c  White Corn Syrup
      2 tb Butter
      2 c  Pecan Halves
 
  In a large saucepan, (5 or 6 Quart size) combine sugar, baking soda,
  salt, buttermilk and corn syrup.
   Bring to a boil, stirring constantly.  Reduce heat to medium-low,
  continue cooking until mixture becomes caramel-colored and reaches
  soft ball stage (238 degrees). Remove from heat, add butter and pecan
  halves. Beat until thick enough to drop from a spoon onto waxed
  paper. If mixture becomes too hard, return to heat and add small
  amount of water. Stir until smooth. Yield: 44 to 48 Pralines. ***
  Variation ***
     Reduce sugar to 2 cups.  Omit corn syrup.  Increase butter to 3/4
  cup, add 1 teaspoon vanilla.  Include butter in cooking stage. Add
  vanilla with pecans.
    Source:  Cook 'EM Horns cookbook, The Ex-students Association,
  Univ. of Texas, Austin.
 
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