[ noun ] cookie-sized candy made of brown sugar and butter and pecans <noun.food>
Praline \Pra"line\ (pr[aum]"l[=e]n), n. [F.] A confection made of nut kernels, usually of almonds, roasted in boiling sugar until brown and crisp.
Bonbons, pralines, . . . saccharine, crystalline substances of all kinds and colors. --Du Maurier. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Cavazos said Caballero also perfected a praline recipe that kept the candy from turning too sugary and developed recipes for chili, meat taco filling and rice sauces that are standards of the Tex-Mex food business.