Divinity - cooking recipe

Ingredients

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

Preparation

Place sugar, syrup and water in saucepan over low heat.
Stir until sugar is dissolved.
Cook without stirring to 255\u00b0 (a little dropped into cold cup of water forms a hard ball).
Remove from heat and pour, beating constantly, in a fine stream into the beaten egg whites which have been beaten stiffly in a large mixing bowl. Continue beating until mixture holds its shape and loses its gloss.
Add the vanilla.
Drop quickly by tip of spoon onto waxed paper in individual peaks.
I put halves of walnuts on top of some.