Divinity - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 2/3 c sugar
2/3 c light corn syrup
1/2 c water
2 egg whites stiffly beaten
1 tsp vanilla
2/3 c broken nuts

Preparation

Mix sugar, corn syrup, and water in saucepan.
Stir over low heat until sugar is dissolved; cook without stirring to 260\u00b0 (a little dropped into cold water forms a hard ball).
Remove from heat and pour, beating constantly in a fine stream into the beaten egg whites.
Add vanilla and continue beating until mixture holds its shape and becomes slightly dull; fold in nuts.
Drop quickly from tip of buttered spoon onto waxed paper in individual peaks or spread in butter pan and cut into 1-inch squares when firm.
Makes 48 squares.