{"id":17578,"date":"2021-06-24T09:00:04","date_gmt":"2021-06-24T13:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/?p=17578"},"modified":"2021-06-04T12:04:52","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T16:04:52","slug":"june-24th-is-national-praline-day-enjoy-making-vegan-pralines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2021\/06\/24\/june-24th-is-national-praline-day-enjoy-making-vegan-pralines\/","title":{"rendered":"June 24th is National Praline Day \u2013 Enjoy Making Vegan Pralines!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"262\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/vegan_pralines-262x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17579\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/vegan_pralines-262x300.jpg 262w, https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/vegan_pralines.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 262px) 100vw, 262px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>These have become a favorite at The Vegetarian Resource Group\u2019s Pre-Thanksgiving\nPotluck! This recipe from Keryl Cryer (former Senior Editor of <em>Vegetarian Journal<\/em>) replaces evaporated\nmilk (or cream) with almond milk, which makes it vegan and adds an even nuttier\nflavor to the pralines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">KERYL&#8217;S PRALINES<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>(Makes approximately 40 pralines)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>3 cups organic white sugar<\/li><li>1 cup vanilla almond milk (at room temperature)<\/li><li>2 Tablespoons non-hydrogenated vegan margarine<\/li><li>2 dashes ground cinnamon<\/li><li>1-2 cups pecan halves (at room temperature)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In a medium-sized pot, combine the sugar, almond milk, margarine, and\ncinnamon. Cook, stirring, over medium heat until sugar is dissolved. Reduce\nheat to low and continue to cook, stirring occasionally, for approximately 20\nminutes until bubbly and foamy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the mixture cooks, lay out sheets of aluminum foil, shiny side up, on\na flat surface, such as a counter or table. When the mixture is bubbly, remove\nfrom heat. Stir in pecans until evenly coated. Use a large serving spoon to\nspoon mounds of coated pecans onto the foil. Work quickly but carefully. If the\nmixture starts to harden in the pot or becomes sugary before you finish, add\nsome more milk and mix until smooth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Allow pralines to harden on the foil for approximately 10 minutes. As soon\nas the pralines are hard, move them to a serving platter or a storage\ncontainer. Store pralines at room temperature.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These have become a favorite at The Vegetarian Resource Group\u2019s Pre-Thanksgiving Potluck! This recipe from Keryl Cryer (former Senior Editor of Vegetarian Journal) replaces evaporated milk (or cream) with almond milk, which makes it vegan and adds an even nuttier flavor to the pralines. KERYL&#8217;S PRALINES (Makes approximately 40 pralines) 3 cups organic white sugar [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17578"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17578\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17580,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17578\/revisions\/17580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}