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Definition of Praline
1. Noun. Cookie-sized candy made of brown sugar and butter and pecans.
Definition of Praline
1. n. A confection made of nut kernels, usually of almonds, roasted in boiling sugar until brown and crisp.
Definition of Praline
1. Noun. A form of confection made from almonds and other nuts and caramelized sugar ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Praline
1. a confection made of nuts cooked in sugar [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Praline
Literary usage of Praline
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Apples of New York by Spencer Ambrose Beach, Nathaniel Ogden Booth, Orrin Morehouse Taylor (1905)
"praline Sweet (i). PROLIFIC SWEETING (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, n, 12, 13). Prolific
Sweet- ing (2). Л Russian variety which in size and color resembles Yellow ..."
2. The Century Cook Book by Mary Ronald (1895)
"PARFAIT AU CAFE AND CAFE praline Put the yolks of five eggs into a saucepan; ...
If making chocolate praline, add three tablespoonfuls of praline powder; ..."
3. The Picayune Creole Cook Book (1922)
"It was reserved for the gentle descendants of these old French ancestral homes
to evolve'from the suggestive- ness of the word "praline," dainty and ..."