2 1/2 c Sugar
1/2 c Water; hot
1/2 c Corn syrup; white
1/4 ts Salt
1 ts Vanilla
1/2 c Nut meats
1/4 c Candied cherries
1/4 c Candied pineapple
Put sugar, hot water, corn syrup into saucepan, heat slowly to
boiling, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Wipe down sugar crystals
from side of pan before syrup starts to boil. When syrup begins to
boil, beat egg whites with salt until foamy. Pour 2 T. of syrup on egg
whites and continue beating. Cook syrup to soft ball stage, 234 F.
Pout half syrup onto beaten egg whites very slowly and continue
beating.
Note: Doesn’t say what to do with the other half of the syrup.
Yields
1 Servings