Divinity Recipe

How to make it

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• I must say first off- do not try to make divinty if the weather is humid- your divinity will NOT turn out right.- that being said..For the beginning preparation- set your eggs out to allow them to become room temperature. Takes generally about a half hour. Depends on the temperature of your house. Go ahead and put your parchment paper or wax paper out on a flat surface- like a table or countertop.(I usually put a few pieces of scotch tape on the corners of the paper to keep them from shifting around.)
• Start by adding your sugar, water and the corn syrup to a medium saucepan. With the heat set to medium, allow your mixture to come to a boil. Using a Candy thermometer you should allow your mixture to reach somewhere between 250 and 260 degrees (soft ball stage). Meanwhile, beat the egg whites till they form stiff peaks(the eggs are at stiff peak when you raise the beaters and the whites stand up almost like whipped cream would).
• At this point while still beating the egg whites, pour in the sugar mixture in a thin, steady stream. Add in the vanilla, walnuts and/or food coloring if you choose to have a little color.-you can use as much or as little of the coloring until you can get the candy to the color you desire. Then just allow it to beat until the mixture starts losing it's gloss. Along with it losing it's gloss, you can check the readiness by using a spoon. When a spoon is dipped into the mixture and turned upside-down, it should stick to the spoon and not lose it's shape.
• Using a pot holder to grab the mixing bowl, remove the beaters and quickly start dipping out the divinity with a tablespoon and dropping them on the paper to cool. You HAVE to do this in a somewhat timely manner. The mixture will be cooling as you are dipping which will make it increasingly difficult to do this step.
• You can make a lot of small pieces, or some medium pieces. Now just allow them to cool and you have yourself a sugary, sweet little treat!