Mexican Pralines

🧂 Ingredients

• 2 cups light brown sugar

  (packed)
• 1 cup butter

  (softened at room temperature)
• ¼ cup half & half
• 2½ cups confectioners sugar
• 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1½ cups pecans

  (chopped)

Instructions

• 1 Prepare 2 baking sheets by lining them with parchment paper and then lightly
  spritzing them with nonstick cooking spray.
• 2 In a large saucepan, mix together your brown sugar, butter, and half & half, and
  bring the mixture to a full rolling boil.
• 3 Cook, stirring continuously, for 1 FULL minute, and then remove the mixture from
  the heat.
• 4 Whisk in the confectioners' sugar and vanilla extract until smooth. Then, stir
  in the chopped pecans.
• 5 Use a tablespoon to drop rounded scoops onto the prepared baking sheets (there
  will be about 30 in total).
• 6 Allow the candy to harden and set before serving.

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