Chewy Pralines

Ingredients

• 4 cups sugar
• 2 cups half and half
• 3 cups white Karo syrup
• 2 cups butter
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 2 qt. pecans

Directions

Grease sides and bottom of large saucepan. Add sugar, cream, Karo syrup, and butter. Cook, stirring constantly, to soft ball stage or 238 degrees F on candy thermometer. Remove from heat and add pecans. Return to heat and cook to hard ball stage or 250 degrees F, about 1 hour total cooking time. Add vanilla. Let cool slightly and drop on greased cooked sheet, but not on waxed paper! When cold, wrap in squares of plastic wrap.

By Robin from Washington, IA