Opera Creams

• 3 cups sugar
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 1 tablespoon corn syrup
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 drops maple flavoring (not maple syrup)
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 cup pecans, sliced thin

1. Combine sugar, cream, corn syrup, butter, and salt in a heavy saucepan and cook over low heat until sugar is dissolved, stirring constantly.
2. Cook to soft ball stage (238 degrees F on candy thermometer), stirring occasionally.
3. Remove from heat, and add maple flavoring and vanilla.
4. Pour into a large bowl and beat with a mixer until creamy.
5. Add pecans.
6. Drop by teaspoonsful onto buttered waxed paper.
7. Let cool for 1 hour.
8. Store in an airtight container between layers of waxed paper.

sugar, heavy cream, corn syrup, butter, salt, drops maple, vanilla, pecans

Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/opera-creams-recipe.html (may not work)