Divinity Recipe
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Contributor: Jeanette Dotson / Grandma Dotson
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Ingredients: 3 c. sugar
½ c. corn syrup
½ c. water
Pinch of salt
2 stiffly beaten egg whites
1 tsp. vanilla
Food coloring if desire different colors.
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Directions:Combine sugar, syrup, water and salt in heavy saucepan. Stir until sugar is dissolved. Boil gently to soft-ball stage. (240º) Beat 2 egg whites until stiff but not dry. Gradually pour ⅓ or ½ the syrup over the egg whites, beating constantly. Cook the remaining syrup to light crack stage. (265º) Beat remaining syrup into candy mixtures. Continue beating until mixture holds its shape when dropped from a spoon. Add vanilla. Drop by spoon to wax paper. |
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Notes: Jeanette was a master at making divinity. She even used a hand mixer to make it. I am not sure what egg whites look like that are stiff but not dry . Ha and am sure when I tried this I had a hard time figuring out “when” it held it’s shape. But wanted to include this recipe from the past.
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