Ingredients
- 2 cups sugar
- 1/2 cup light corn syrup
- 1/2 cup water
- 2 egg whites
- Pinch salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup lightly toasted chopped mixed nuts, such as pecans, walnuts, almonds, or hazelnuts
Directions
In a large saucepan combine the sugar, corn syrup and water and bring to a boil. Continue to boil, undisturbed, until a candy thermometer registers 265 degrees F, or the hard-ball stage. Remove from the heat.
In a standing electric mixer, whip the egg whites and salt until stiff peaks form. Working very slowly, add the syrup in a thin, steady stream, and continue beating on high speed until the candy begins to lose its shine - this can take as long as 10 or 15 minutes, depending on your mixer. (When adding the hot sugar syrup to the egg whites, make sure to stop occasionally to scrape down the sides of the bowl if any syrup has collected. When the beaters are lifted out of the candy mixture, it should fall in a smooth thick ribbon that mounds on itself.
Working quickly, fold in the vanilla and nuts and drop by tablespoonfuls onto waxed paper. Cool completely before serving. The candies will firm up as they cool. Store in an airtight container.
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By txdebanderson
Fort Worth, TX
on December 26, 2009
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In honor of our departed Grandmother, we make Divinity every year at Christmas. Her Divinity always came out... differently! We usually ate it from a bowl with spoons! This recipe is so wonderfully light and fluffy, I don't think anyone will mind!
By aimee_880717
Allen, TX
on December 17, 2006
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I had a lot of trouble with this recipe. My stand mixer bowl is so deep that I had to use my handmixer to whip the egg whites halfway before the whip attachment would even reach the peaks. Also, my candy thermometer is designed to keep the bulb off the bottom of the saucepan, but the mixture did not come up high enough for the temperature to register. I had to keep tilting the saucepan.
Maybe if I doubled or tripled the recipe next time it will work better.
But... the end result is delicious.
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