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Divinity

ID: 101 Candy

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups sugar
1/2 cup corn syrup
1/2 cup boiling water
2 egg whites
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar

Instructions:
Place in saucepan over low heat and stir until dissolved: sugar, corn syrup, and boiling water. Mix and cook to soft ball stage. Keep crystals off sides of pan (use fork with wet cloth). Do not stir syrup after sugar has dissolved. When soft ball stage reached, remove from heat. Pour slowly 1/2 of syrup over 2 eggs whites which have been beaten to stiff stage, beating mixture constantly!

Return syrup to stove, cook to crack stage. (Syrup will string from spoon and crack). Add cream of tartar to remaining syrup and mix. Pour over egg white mixture beating constantly until gloss gone. Drop onto wax paper by teaspoonfuls.

Submitted by:
Carol Bartlemay
USA

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Recipes are for personal use only. You may NOT use our recipes in collections of recipes, cookbooks, web sites, etc. without permission from Creative Computing.

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Divinity
ID: 101 Candy


Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups sugar 1/2 cup corn syrup 1/2 cup boiling water 2 egg whites 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar

Instructions: Place in saucepan over low heat and stir until dissolved: sugar, corn syrup, and boiling water. Mix and cook to soft ball stage. Keep crystals off sides of pan (use fork with wet cloth). Do not stir syrup after sugar has dissolved. When soft ball stage reached, remove from heat. Pour slowly 1/2 of syrup over 2 eggs whites which have been beaten to stiff stage, beating mixture constantly! Return syrup to stove, cook to crack stage. (Syrup will string from spoon and crack). Add cream of tartar to remaining syrup and mix. Pour over egg white mixture beating constantly until gloss gone. Drop onto wax paper by teaspoonfuls.

Submitted by: Carol Bartlemay USA © Copy & Copyright 1998 - 2002 Creative Computing All rights reserved. Recipes are for personal use only. You may NOT use our recipes in collections of recipes, cookbooks, web sites, etc. without permission from Creative Computing.