This creamy white candy
is fluffy and sugary-sweet -- wonderful around the holidays.
Divinity
- 4 cups granulated sugar
3/4 cup light corn syrup
3/4 cup water
4 large egg whites
1 cup chopped pecans
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Combine sugar, corn syrup
and water in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium-low
heat. Cook to the hard-crack stage (see note).
- Beat egg whites until
foamy, then slowly add sugar syrup, beating with an electric
mixer on high speed until thick. Add pecans and vanilla. Drop
by teaspoonfuls onto wax paper and let cool.
Makes about 16 pieces.
Note: 'Hard-crack'
is a test for candy at which point a drop of the syrup immersed
in cold water separates into hard, brittle threads. On a candy
thermometer, the hard-crack stage is between 300° and 310°F.
