Homemade candy at Christmas is a vanishing art often due to candy-thermometer fear or the strength needed to hand beat some recipes. Microwaves and electric mixers can change that. No more hot burners ...

Elizabeth Jancey in Alaska sent the easy microwave recipe for pecan pralines. She says the pralines are then used to make praline powder, a pantry essential in her hometown of Houma, La. “You simply ...

Present this easy confection in a festive tin for last-minute gifts. Stir pecans, sugar, syrup and salt in a 1 1/2-quart glass bowl or an 8-cup Pyrex measuring cup. Microwave on high 8 minutes, ...

Yvonne writes, "Judy, do you remember a recipe for microwave pralines? A friend of mine cut it out of the paper years ago and has lost it. She said it works well. Hope you can help!" This has always ...

These pralines are cooked in the microwave, always magical for making candy. But under no circumstances should you attempt this in a plastic bowl. 3⁄4 cup buttermilk 2 cups pecans 2 cups sugar 1⁄8 ...