Strawberry Divinity - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 c. sugar
3/4 c. water
3/4 c. light corn syrup
1/4 tsp. salt
2 egg whites
1 (3 oz.) pkg. strawberry gelatin
1 c. chopped pecans

Preparation

Combine first 4 ingredients in a heavy 3-quart saucepan; cook over low heat, stirring gently, until sugar dissolves.
Cover and cook over medium heat 2 to 3 minutes to wash down sugar crystals from sides of pan.
Uncover and cook over medium heat, without stirring, to hard ball stage (258\u00b0).
Remove from heat.
With an electric mixer, beat egg whites in a large bowl at high speed until stiff peaks form.
Pour hot syrup mixture in a thin stream over egg whites while beating constantly at high speed until mixture holds its shape (3 to 4 minutes).
Quickly stir in pecans and drop mixture by rounded teaspoonfuls onto wax paper.
Let cool.
Yield:
4 1/2 dozen.