Recipe(tried): Microwave Pralines

Hi Pat!
This recipe was given to me by my sister in Mississippi. It is very easy to make in the microwave and is very creamy.

Microwave Pralines (see note)

1 small package vanilla pudding (not instant)
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
2/3 cup evaporated milk
2 tbsp butter
1 1/2 cup pecans
1 tsp vanilla flavoring

Mix all ingredients except pecans. Cook on HIGH 7 minutes in microwave. Stir
twice during cooking. Take out, add pecans and vanilla flavoring. Beat with spoon 2 to 3 minutes. Spoon onto waxed paper. Cool.

(Cook in 8 cup batter bowl or pyrex bowl for easiest preparation)

Editor's Note:
A visitor e-mailed us that they had a problem with the above recipe. Here's an alternate recipe to try:

Microwave Pralines
Source: alt.cooking-chat/Jacqueline Davidson

Cook until sugar dissolves:
1 pkg. butterscotch pudding (NOT instant)
1 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup canned milk
1 Tbsp. butter or marg.

Add 1 and 1/2 cups pecans

Cook and stir to full boil, boil 3-5 minutes, till soft ball stage. Remove from heat, and beat until thick but still shiny. Drop from spoon into little piles, on buttered wax paper.

I have used chocolate pudding and peanuts with good results too. - Jackie