Pralines
1⅞ cups powdered sugar
1 cup maple syrup
½ cup cream
2 cups hickory nut or pecan meat, cut in pieces
Boil first three ingredients until, when tried in cold water, a soft ball may be formed. Remove from fire, and beat until of a creamy consistency; add nuts, and drop from tip of spoon in small piles on buttered paper, or mixture may be poured into a buttered tin and cut in squares, using a sharp knife.