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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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