DIVINITY

2 1/2 c. sugar

1/2 c. water

2 egg whites

2/3 c. corn sirup

1 t. salt

1/2 t. vanilla

Combine sugar, sirup, water, and salt. Cook over low heat until sugar is dissolved, stirring.

Cover sirup and cook for 2 minutes. Uncover and continue cooking sirup without stirring until hard ball forms in icy-cold water.

Beat whites to form stiffly pointed peaks.

Pour divinity sirup gradually into whites, beating constantly. Add vanilla.

Continue beating until a small amount of divinity dropped from a spoon holds its shape.

Drop divinity by teaspoons onto waxed paper or greased pan.

* top with a pecan or sometimes divinity has chopped walnuts mixed in, or eat plain.

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