Divinity Fudge - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 1/2 c. sugar
1/2 c. water
1 c. black walnuts or coconut
1/2 c. white corn syrup
2 egg whites

Preparation

Mix together sugar, syrup and water.
Cook until it spins thread or soft ball stage. Pour 1/2 of it on the egg whites that have been beaten stiff.
Pour slowly so as not to cook the eggs too quickly.
Cook other half until it will form a hard ball in cold water, then pour it into the other while beating.
Beat until creamy.
Add nuts or coconut.
Pour into buttered pan or onto wax paper.