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    Source of Recipe


    Better Homes and Gardens All Time Favorites 1930


    List of Ingredients


    • 2 1/2 cups sugar
    • 1/2 cup light corn syrup
    • 1/2 cup water
    • 2 egg whites
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla
    • food coloring (optional)
    • 1/2 cup chopped pecans


    Instructions


    1. In a heavy 2-quart saucepan combine sugar, corn syrup, and water. Cook and stir over medium-high heat until mixture boils. Clip a candy thermometer to the side of the pan. Reduce heat to medium; continue cooking without stiring, until the thermometer registers 260, hard-ball stage (10 to 15 minutes).
    2. Remove saucepan from heat; remove thermometer.
    3. In a large mixing bowl beat egg whites with a freestanding electric mixer on medium speed until stiff peaks form (tips stand up straight). Gradually pour hot mixture in a thin stream over egg whites, beating on high speed about 3 minutes; scrape side of bowl occasionally. Add vanilla and, if desired, food coloring. Continue beating on high speed just until candy starts to lose its gloss (5 to 6 minutes). When beaters are lifted, mixture should fall in a ribbon that mounds on itself.
    4. Drop a spoonful of candy mixture onto waxed paper. If it stays mounded, the mixture has been beaten sufficiently. If mixture flattens, beat 1/2 to 1 minute more; check again. If mixture is too stiff to spoon, beat in a few drops hot water until candy is a softer consistency. Immediately stir in nuts.
    5. Quickly drop mixture onto waxed paper. Store tightly covered.
    6. Makes about 40 pieces.


    Final Comments


    Can use chopped candied fruit in place of nuts.
 

 

 

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