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Grandma's Christmas Divinity

Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword candy, dessert, divinity, sweets

Ingredients

  • 2 2/3 cups white sugar
  • 2/3 cup light corn syrup
  • 1/2 cup water *
  • 2 egg whites
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • pecan halves optional

Instructions

  1. Heat sugar, corn syrup, and water in heavy 2-quart saucepan over low heat, stirring constantly until sugar is dissolved.
  2. Cook without stirring, to 260 degrees on candy thermometer or until a small amount of the mixture dropped into very cold water forms a hard ball.
  3. Remove from heat.
  4. Beat egg white until stiff peaks form.
  5. Continue beating while pouring hot syrup in a thin stream into egg whites.
  6. Add vanilla.
  7. Beat until mixture holds its shape and becomes slightly dull. This can take 10 minutes or more, and can burn up the motor of some cheaper mixers. If you burn up your motor, your divinity will taste like smoke. Ask me how I know.
  8. Drop mixture from tip of buttered spoons onto waxed paper and allow to dry. If desired, add pecan halves to top of each candy before divinity sets.

Recipe Notes

* if humid, use 1 tbs less water to help divinity set up

This recipe says it makes about 4 dozen candies, however I make mine pretty big, so I only get about 2 dozen per batch. I wouldn’t recommend doubling the recipe because it could be too much for your mixer.