Divinity - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 c. sugar
1 c. light corn syrup
3/4 c. water
3 egg whites, stiffly beaten
1 tsp. vanilla
1 c. chopped nuts (optional)

Preparation

Boil
sugar,
syrup
and
water on medium heat until it reaches
a
hard boil stage (255\u00b0).
Remove from heat and pour into
the
stiffly
beaten
egg whites.
Beat constantly until mixture
holds its shape and loses its gloss.
Add vanilla and nuts.
Drop quickly from spoon onto wax paper.