praline

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

praline
    n 1: cookie-sized candy made of brown sugar and butter and
         pecans

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.]