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Divinity Candy

From
Grandma Ward
Source
Handwritten note

Recipe from Grandma Ward.

Ingredients

  • 4 cups sugar
  • 2/3 cup water
  • 4 egg whites
  • 1 cup white syrup
  • 1 cup chopped pecans (maybe 1/2 c.)

Steps

  1. Beat egg whites (set aside).
  2. Mix together sugar, water & syrup.
  3. Boil until 260° or until it cracks in cold water.
  4. Pour syrup in a thin stream into egg whites, whipping slowly at first, then beat faster.
  5. Add nuts, and beat when shininess is gone and candy turns dull.
  6. Very quickly pour into buttered pan.
  7. Cool & decorate with pecan halves and cut.

Notes

Can add chopped maraschino cherries — but they have to be dried — and can add to top (halves).

See also: Divinity

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