[Sca-cooks] cooooooooooooookieeeeeeeeeeee

[Kathleen A Roberts]

my turn ... very easy to make, especially this late in the 
season.

pecan praline puffs  (settlement cookbook recipe done the 
way i do it)

1 c. brown sugar
1 egg white
1 c. pecans, broken

whip egg white until stiff.  add brown sugar and whip 
again to get a brown sugar meringue.  fold in pecans.

drop on foil lined baking sheet.  should be about the size 
of, well... a pecan.
bake at 375 about 15 minutes or until outsides are hard.

these cookies have a very irregular, broken appearance but 
taste great.

as a matter of fact, i once made a triple batch for gifts, 
and came home to find the ziplock almost empty!   the 
husband-monster thought (due to the broken appearance and 
rather bland/brown color) they were mistakes and ergo fair 
game for snacks.  he (and he swears the dog) polished off 
almost THREE CUPS of brown sugar in one sitting.

enjoy!  but let the family foragers know that's how they 
are supposed to look.

change the brown sugar to white, the pecans to shredded 
coconut and the cooking time to 'golden brown and toasty' 
and it's a great coconut cookie recipe.  they don't look 
as much like  mistakes.  8)   i'd like to try some maple 
sugar and walnuts.   bet that would be good!

cailte

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"Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy which 
sustained him through temporary periods of joy."
W. B. Yeats
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Kathleen Roberts
University of New Mexico
Office of Freshman Admisions
Administrative Asst. II
505-277-6249