Chocolate Pecan Pralines

Ingredients

• 3 cups granulated sugar
• 1 cup cream
• 1 cup sugar (cooked to caramel)
• 2 squares Baker's Chocolate
• 3 cups pecan nut meats
• Pecan halves for decoration

Method

1. 1 Stir 3 cups sugar and 1 cup cream over heat until sugar melts. Boil to soft ball stage (236°F).
2. 2 Add melted or finely shaved chocolate and beat in. Pour mixture into the cup of sugar cooked to caramel.
3. 3 Let mixture boil up once, then remove from heat. Add pecan nut meats and beat until mass begins to thicken.
4. 4 Drop teaspoonfuls onto an oiled cloth or marble. Immediately set a pecan half on each praline.