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Pecan Butter Crunch

Preserved from 75 Years of Caring and Sharing, printed page 287.
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: community cookbook recipe, vintage candy

Ingredients

  • 1½ c. pecans
  • 1¾ c. butter
  • 3 Tbsp. water
  • 1 Tbsp. light corn syrup
  • 1½ c. sugar

Instructions

  • Toast pecans at 300° on baking sheet until light brown. Melt butter in saucepan. Add sugar, corn syrup, and water. Cook to hard-crack stage (no stirring) or 290°. Pour in thin stream over nuts on baking sheet. Cool. Break in pieces.

Notes

Source note: Memorial attribution is printed with the recipe.