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     Title: NEW ORLEANS PRALINES/MICROWAVE
Categories: Candies
     Yield: 65 Servings

   3/4 c  Buttermilk
   1/8 ts Salt
     2 c  Sugar
     2 tb Butter
     2 c  Pecan halves
     1 ts Baking soda

 Stir together buttermilk, sugar, pecans, salt and butter in 4-5 qt
 micro-safe dish.  Microwave on high 12 minutes, stirring at 4 minute
 intervals. Stir in baking soda until foamy. Cook on high 1 minute. (This
 last step gives the pralines a caramel color.)  Beat mixture until tacky,
 about 1 minute; drop by teaspoonful on a sheet of foil.

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