Divinity
- From
- Grandma Ward
- Source
- Recipe Keeper (handwritten, p. 127)
- Cook
- boil to 260°F
Ingredients
- 4 cups sugar
- 2/3 cup water
- 4 egg whites
- 1 cup white corn syrup
- Pecans, to taste (for mixing in and decorating)
Steps
- Beat the egg whites; set aside.
- Mix together the sugar, water, and syrup. Boil until 260°F, or until a bit dropped in cold water forms a hard crack.
- Pour the syrup in a thin stream into the egg whites, whipping slowly at first, then beating faster.
- Add nuts and beat.
- When the shininess is gone and the candy turns dull, very quickly pour into a buttered pan.
- Cool and decorate with pecan halves, then cut.
Notes
- “Nuts” in step 4 aren’t listed with a quantity in the ingredients — likely pecans, based on the decorating step.
See also: Divinity Candy