Divinity

Ingredients:

-2 1/2 cups sugar

-1/2 cup light corn syrup

-2 egg whites

-1 tsp. vanilla

-1/2 cup chopped pecans

-Combine sugar, syrup, and 1/2 cup water in a large saucepan. Cook over medium-high heat until it boils. Clip on candy thermometer, reduce heat to medium, stop stirring, and heat to 260 degrees (10-15 minutes). Remove pan from heat. 

-In a large bowl, beat egg whites on medium speed until stiff peaks form. Slowly pour in hot mixture and beat on high speed for three minutes. Add vanilla. Beat on high speed until it loses its shine (5-6 minutes). When the beaters are lifted, the mixture should fall in a ribbon that mounds on itself. 

-Drop a spoonful of candy mixture onto waxed paper. If it stays mounded, the mixture has been beaten sufficiently. If mixture flattens, beat 1/2-1 minute more; check again. If mixture is too stiff to spoon, beat in a few drops of hot water till candy is a softer consistency. Immediately stir in nuts. Quickly drop spoonfuls of the remaining mixture onto waxed paper.