How To Make Brown Candy
With just a handful of ingredients, you can whip up this sugary brown candy. It’s packed with a crunch of pecans and sweet buttery tones.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 6cupswhite sugar,divided
- 2cupsheavy cream
- ½tspbaking soda
- ½cupbutter
- 1tspvanilla extract
- 2lbspecan halves or pieces
Instructions
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Butter a 9×13-inch dish and a medium, heavy saucepan.
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In the buttered saucepan, combine 4 cups of sugar and cream. Have ready.
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In a large heavy skillet over medium heat, pour the remaining 2 cups of sugar. Cook, stirring constantly until sugar begins to melt.
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Place the saucepan over low heat, stirring occasionally. Continue to cook and stir the sugar in the skillet until it is completely melted and light brown.
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Pour the melted sugar very slowly, in a thin stream, into the lightly simmering cream, stirring constantly (This step may take 5 minutes, and works best if someone strong pours the melted sugar very slowly.)
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Heat now, without stirring, to 242 to 248 degrees F or until a small amount of syrup dropped into cold water forms a firm but pliable ball.
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Remove from heat and stir in baking soda (mixture will foam). Drop the butter into the foaming mixture and let rest without stirring for 30 minutes.
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Stir in the vanilla with a wooden spoon and continue to stir vigorously for 10 to 15 minutes until the mixture loses its gloss.
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Then fold in pecans and quickly turn candy into the prepared 9×13 inch dish. Let cool until just warm and cut in 1 inch pieces.
Nutrition
- Calories: 114.37kcal
- Fat: 7.87g
- Saturated Fat: 1.91g
- Trans Fat: 0.03g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 3.80g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 1.76g
- Carbohydrates: 11.45g
- Fiber: 0.74g
- Sugar: 10.66g
- Protein: 0.80g
- Cholesterol: 7.66mg
- Sodium: 7.14mg
- Calcium: 8.41mg
- Potassium: 35.33mg
- Iron: 0.20mg
- Vitamin A: 23.59µg
- Vitamin C: 0.11mg
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