Divinity - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. boiling water
3/4 c. corn syrup
3 c. sugar
pinch of salt
2 egg whites
1 tsp. vanilla

Preparation

Combine water, syrup, sugar and salt to cook to 234\u00b0 on candy thermometer.
Add half of the syrup, 1 teaspoon at a time, to well beaten egg whites, beating constantly.
Continue cooking other half of syrup until it reaches 270\u00b0.
Pour into egg mixture; beat until high gloss changes to dull.
Fold in vanilla.
Drop by teaspoons onto wax paper.
Makes 48.