Orange Pecans
- Ready In:
- 13mins
- Ingredients:
- 5
- Yields:
-
2 dozen
ingredients
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1⁄3 cup orange juice
- 2 1⁄4 cups pecan halves
- 1⁄2 teaspoon grated orange rind
directions
- Combine sugar, cream of tartar, and orange juice in a saucepan. Cook over low heat, stirring gently until sugar dissolves. Cover orange mixture, and cook over medium heat 2 to 3 minutes to wash down sugar crystals from sides of pan. Uncover and cook over medium heat to a soft ball stage (240F).
- Remove from heat, and beat with a wooden spoon just until mixture begins to thicken. stir in pecans and oranger ind. Working rapidly, drop by heaping teaspoonfuls onto waxed paper; let cool.
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