Tried to find recipe for something my mother used to make at Christmas time she called pecan glace'. Google search goes to glazed or candied pecans. Tried one just to see and came out like bad pralines. What I'm looking for is like a hard candy with toasted pecans-not really a pecan brittle, harder than that, like a rock candy almost but clear/dark brown candy with pecans. Any help from the old people out there(like me)?

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Posted by gaetti15

Member since Apr 2013

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Posted on 11/28/24 at 7:10 pm to gungho

My mawmaw has made some similar to this.

Wish I had the recipe

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Posted by DocHolliday1964

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Posted on 11/29/24 at 9:20 am to gungho

Most country mammaws cooked simple, great, but simple. I’ve never had what you describe. However, I would hazard to guess that it was sugar, vanilla, little salt and a little water cooked to “crack” stage on candy thermometer, pecans added and dropped. Were I you, Id try just that and see how it turns out. Little invested and maybe a lot gained, if it had a slightly softer texture, like a harder caramel, cook to “hard ball” stage.

This post was edited on 11/29/24 at 9:23 am

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Posted by gungho

Member since Jun 2016

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Posted on 11/29/24 at 4:39 pm to DocHolliday1964

Yeah I think you're probably right about getting to"crack" stage-just trying to avoid reinventing the wheel. Thanks much

She also made what she called "Bohemian coffee cakes", individual triangular pastries filled with ground pecan/meringue/sugar mixture and powdered sugar glaze icing-i can't find anything remotely like it with Google search

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