Divinity fudge

Yield: 1 servings

Measure Ingredient
2½ cup Sugar
½ cup Light Corn Syrup
½ cup Water
2 \N Egg Whites -- stiffly
\N \N Beaten
1½ cup Pecans -- finely chopped
½ teaspoon Vanilla Extract

Mix sugar, syrup, and water. Boil until a few drops placed in a cup of cold water form a soft ball when rolled between thumb and second finger (235 F on candy thermometer). Then pour half the boiling mixture over the stiffly beaten egg whites and stir. Return remaining half of mixture to the heat and boil until a few drops placed in a cup of cold water for a hard ball (260 F on candy thermomter).

Combine with egg white mixture. Working fast, add nuts and vanilla, and drop by rounded tsp on a buttered cookie sheet. Let fudge set at room temperature. Yield: about 1 pound.

Recipe By : Spoonbread & Strawberry Wine - ISBN 0-385-47270-6 From: Dan Klepach Date: 04-29-95 (24) Homecook

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