There’s a famous Texas candy company called Lammes. They make several types of candies, but the candies they are most known for are their chewy pralines. My great grandmother was especially fond of Lammes and she was on my mind yesterday when I made these Texas Chewy Pralines.
I’m pretty comfortable making almond toffee, but pecan pralines are a different story. I just haven’t been able to pick one recipe that makes the kind of praline I’m looking for — a praline that is firm but snaps, melts in your mouth and has some dairy flavor to it. And most importantly, which works…
I hadn’t planned on trying another recipe for Tahini Chocolate Chip Cookies, but I’ve been doing some Israeli cooking lately (shout out to Michael Solomonov and Danielle Oron) and have extra tahini on hand — Soom, of course! I’d used it before in chocolate chip cookies in a recipe where it stood in for butter….
