Guest guest Posted December 4, 2002 Report Share Posted December 4, 2002 Now, this does not have pecans in the recipe, but I see no reason why you can't fold some finely chopped pecans into the candy before setting it out on wax paper to harden. At any rate, I hope this recipe is useful to you, Hicando. Divinity 3 cups sugar 1/2 cup light corn syrup 1/2 cup water 2 egg whites, at room temperature 1 tsp vanilla extract 1. Avoid making divinity on a humid day; candy will not harden. In a 2 quart saucepan over medium high heat, heat sugar, syrup and water to boiling, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Set candy thermometer in place and contnue cooking without stirring until tempurature reaches 248 degrees F. 2. Meanwhile, in a medium bowl with mixer at high speed, beat egg whites until stiff peaks form. Beating at medium speed, slowly pour half of syrup into whites. Continue beating while heating remaining syrup half to 272 degrees F. 3. While turning bowl and continuing beating, slowly pour remaining hot syrup into mixture ( mixture will be stiff). (Don't scrape the sides of saucepan; mixture on side may be sugary), Add vanilla; beat until mixture holds stiff, glossy peaks. Working quickly, drop by heaping teaspoonfuls onto waxed paper. Cool completely before storing. Recipe copied from: The Good Housekeeping Illustrated Cookbook ~ P_T ~ You can sometimes count every orange on a tree but never all the trees in a single orange. -A.K. Ramanujan, poet (1929-1993) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 4, 2002 Report Share Posted December 4, 2002 Thanx P.T. I think this is it. I'll make some tomorrow. I have all the ingredients. Hicando, " ~ P_T ~ " <patchouli_troll> wrote: > Now, this does not have pecans in the recipe, but I see no reason why > you > can't fold some finely chopped pecans into the candy before setting > it out on > wax paper to harden. At any rate, I hope this recipe is useful to > you, Hicando. > > Divinity > > 3 cups sugar > 1/2 cup light corn syrup > 1/2 cup water > 2 egg whites, at room temperature > 1 tsp vanilla extract > > 1. Avoid making divinity on a humid day; candy will not harden. In a > 2 quart > saucepan over medium high heat, heat sugar, syrup and water to > boiling, > stirring until sugar is dissolved. Set candy thermometer in place and > contnue > cooking without stirring until tempurature reaches 248 degrees F. > > 2. Meanwhile, in a medium bowl with mixer at high speed, beat egg > whites > until stiff peaks form. Beating at medium speed, slowly pour half of > syrup > into whites. Continue beating while heating remaining syrup half to > 272 > degrees F. > > 3. While turning bowl and continuing beating, slowly pour remaining > hot > syrup into mixture ( mixture will be stiff). (Don't scrape the sides > of saucepan; > mixture on side may be sugary), Add vanilla; beat until mixture holds > stiff, > glossy peaks. Working quickly, drop by heaping teaspoonfuls onto > waxed > paper. Cool completely before storing. > > Recipe copied from: The Good Housekeeping Illustrated Cookbook > > ~ P_T ~ > > You can sometimes count every orange on a tree but never all the > trees in a > single orange. > -A.K. Ramanujan, poet (1929-1993) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 5, 2002 Report Share Posted December 5, 2002 You are most welcome, Hicando. I hope it works out well for you. Interestingly, I saw some in my grocery store bakery department for sale today. They made it in one big block instead of dropping it individual dollops. I wonder how you serve something like that? Maybe just chop it up in bites like fudge. Looked yummy... er, I mean divine. ;-) ~ P_T ~ TV is chewing gum for the eyes. -Frank Lloyd Wright, architect ~~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> , " hicando " <hicando@b...> wrote: > Thanx P.T. > I think this is it. > I'll make some tomorrow. I have all the ingredients. > Hicando--- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 5, 2002 Report Share Posted December 5, 2002 Hi P.T., I made some today. It was sooo good. Honestly it was a little to sweet but no problem; I'll just add less sugar. Somehow dropping them by the dollopsful seems better. . more divine. Hicando , " ~ P_T ~ " <patchouli_troll> wrote: > You are most welcome, Hicando. I hope it works out well for you. > Interestingly, I saw some in my grocery store bakery department for > sale > today. They made it in one big block instead of dropping it > individual dollops. > I wonder how you serve something like that? Maybe just chop it up in > bites > like fudge. Looked yummy... er, I mean divine. ;-) > > ~ P_T ~ > > TV is chewing gum for the eyes. > -Frank Lloyd Wright, architect > ~~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> > > , " hicando " <hicando@b...> wrote: > > Thanx P.T. > > I think this is it. > > I'll make some tomorrow. I have all the ingredients. > > Hicando--- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 6, 2002 Report Share Posted December 6, 2002 I am glad it worked out for you. Just be careful about removing too much sugar from the recipe. I pretty sure that in making candy that needs to harden, that the sugar is the more important ingredient in this process. If you take out too much it may not do the trick after the heat boiling process. As a side suggestion to cut the sweetness a bit, perhaps adding more of the chopped pecans will help. Happy cooking and have a nice weekend. I can't wait to put my tree up tomorrow. ~ P_T ~ ~~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~~~~~~~~~> , " hicando " <hicando@b...> wrote: > Hi P.T., > I made some today. It was sooo good. Honestly it was a little to > sweet but no problem; I'll just add less sugar. Somehow dropping > them by the dollopsful seems better. . more divine. > Hicando Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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