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Doris’S Pralines

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This Cajun dessert features Sugar, Pecans, Karo syrup, Butter, Condensed milk. It delivers smooth, comforting richness, sweet, indulgent flavor. A wonderful way to end any meal, especially on special occasions. Simple to make with ingredients you likely already have on hand, this is a recipe you will come back to again and again.
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Difficulty: Advanced
Servings: 12
Calories: 3399.4
Dietary: Gluten-free, Vegetarian
Description
This Cajun dessert features Sugar, Pecans, Karo syrup, Butter, Condensed milk. It delivers smooth, comforting richness, sweet, indulgent flavor. A wonderful way to end any meal, especially on special occasions. Simple to make with ingredients you likely already have on hand, this is a recipe you will come back to again and again.
Ingredients
  • 4 cup Sugar
  • 5 cup Pecans
  • 4 tablespoon Karo syrup
  • 1 tablespoon Butter
  • 1 can Condensed milk
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla
  • 1 can Water
Directions
  1. 1
    Mix all ingredients except butter, vanilla, and pecans.
  2. 2
    Cook on low fire until the mixture forms a soft ball in cold water.
  3. 3
    Remove from fire.
  4. 4
    Add butter, vanilla, and pecans, and beat until the mixture holds its shape.
  5. 5
    Spoon onto buttered wax paper (
  6. 6
    Add old newspaper under your wax paper.) If candy gets hard before all is spooned out,
  7. 7
    add a little water, and
  8. 8
    heat over.
  9. 9
    Or you can let it stand on low heat while spooning out.
  10. 10
    If you have never tasted freshly made pralines, made from fresh Louisiana pecans, you have just never really lived.
  11. 11
    Justin Wilson says, "Doris is the much better half (wife) of my good friend Gordon Martin, the sheriff of St.
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    James Parish.
  13. 13
    Every Christmas Eve we go by to see them after watching the bonfires that are burned on the levees along the Mississippi River to light the way for Papa Noel (Santa Claus)

Nutrition Facts

Servings 12

Amount Per Serving
Calories 3399.4kcal
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 227.5g350%
Saturated Fat 34.4g172%
Cholesterol 32.1mg11%
Sodium 158.7mg7%
Total Carbohydrate 348.4g117%
Dietary Fiber 29.2g117%
Sugars 309.0g
Protein 35.4g71%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily value may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

Keywords: butter, cajun, condensed, dessert, doriss, karo, milk, pecans, pralines, sugar, syrup, title, vanilla, vegetarian, water
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