DivinityThis recipe comes from our mom's older sister, our Aunt Connie Ward.
3 cups sugar ½ cup Karo light syrup ½ cup water 2 egg whites 1 tsp. vanilla 2/3 cups finely chopped nuts Mix sugar, corn syrup and water in saucepan. Stir over low heat until sugar is dissolved; then cook to 260 degrees (on candy thermometer). Remove from heat and pour, beating constantly, in a fine stream into the beaten egg whites. Add vanilla and continue beating until mixture holds its shape and becomes slightly dull. Fold in nuts. Drop quickly from tip of buttered teaspoon onto waxed paper. |