Anne's Divinity Candy

Ingredients:

• 4 cups of sugar
• 1 cup white corn syrup
• 3/4 cup COLD water
• 3 egg whites
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 cups chopped toasted pecans
  

Directions:

1. In a heavy saucepan over medium heat, stir together the sugar, corn syrup and COLD water. Stir just to blend ingredients.
2. Cook syrup until mixtures reaches 250 degrees F on candy thermometer. MAKE SURE YOU GET TO 250 degrees - your candy thermometer will show you so don't worry!
3. While this is cooking, beat egg whites in mixer until stiff peaks form.
4. Turn mixer on HIGH and pour a SLOW STEADY STREAM of your sugar mixture into the egg whites. Add vanilla.
5. THIS IS THE KEY: BEAT ON HIGH FOR 20-30 MINUTES!!! The candy will lose it's gloss. Turn mixer to low and add pecans.
6. Your candy is ready to spoon onto your wax paper!