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Pralines

A historical dessert recipe from Fannie Merritt Farmer's 1910 Boston Cooking-School Cook Book.

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Gather

Ingredients

  • 1⅞ cups Powdered Sugar
  • 1 cup Maple Syrup
  • ½ cup Cream
  • 2 cups Hickory Nut Or Pecan Meat cut in pieces

Make it

Method

  1. 1

    Boil first three ingredients until, when tried in cold water, a soft ball may be formed.

  2. 2

    Remove from fire, and beat until of a creamy consistency; add nuts, and drop from tip of spoon in small piles on buttered paper, or mixture may be poured into a buttered tin and cut in squares, using a sharp knife.

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Where this recipe comes from

Pralines, from The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book by Fannie Merritt Farmer (1910).

This source recipe has been reformatted for Pantry Start but has not yet been kitchen-tested by our editors. Check current food-safety guidance and use your judgment.

Historical measurements, equipment, temperatures and terminology may differ from modern kitchen practice.