Perfect Divinity - cooking recipe

Ingredients

5 egg whites
5 c. sugar
1 c. white corn syrup
1 c. water
nuts or candied fruit (if desired)
1 Tbsp. vanilla

Preparation

Beat egg whites until stiff
in large glass bowl.
Cook sugar, syrup and water to soft ball stage.
Pour 1/3 (you can guess at this) of mixture over egg whites, beating well.
Cook rest of mixture to hard ball stage.
Pour 1/2 of this over egg whites, beating well.
Cook remaining syrup to hard crack stage (this will cook quickly).
Beat into other mixture until it starts to lose its gloss.
Add vanilla, then nuts or fruit.
Pour into well-greased pans.
This makes a lot but always turns out perfect. Worth the extra trouble.