Ingredients:
1 cup sugar
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup water
1/4 cup light corn syrup
1 cup chopped pecans
Directions:
Combine sugar, brown sugar, butter, water and light corn syrup.
Using a candy thermometer, and without stirring, cook over medium heat to the’soft-ball stage,’ or 234?F*.
Cool to 200 F without stirring.
Stir in pecans and return to heat, stirring until thickened.
Drop by spoonfuls onto wax paper and cool until firm.
*’Soft-ball’describes the point at which a drop of boiling syrup immersed in cold water, when removed, forms a soft ball that flattens of its own accord but does not ooze.
On a candy thermometer, the soft-ball stage is between 234? and 240 F.
Servings: Serve
Time preparation: 15 min.
Time total: 27 min.