Divinity Candy
Old-fashioned candy making — Peanut Divinity Candy, Jeweled Divinity, Creamy Pecan Pralines, Easy Peanut Butter Fudge — for holiday tins and church trays.
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dessertPeanut Divinity Candy
A sweet and crunchy candy made with sugar, syrup, and peanuts, perfect for satisfying your sweet tooth.
Harold ThomasIngredients
- 2 1/2 cups sugar
- 1/2 cup syrup
- 1/2 cup water
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup coarsely broken peanuts
- 1 tsp. vanilla
Instructions
- 1Boil sugar, syrup, and water until hard-ball stage.
- 2Beat egg whites stiff.
- 3Pour half of sugar mixture over eggs, beating constantly.
- 4Reheat rest of sugar mixture into hard-ball stage and add to eggs and sugar mixture.
- 5Repeat the first process again.
- 6Add peanuts and vanilla.
- 7Pour into buttered tin and cool.
- 8Cut in squares.
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Divinity is one of those candies you learn by feel — sugar, corn syrup, water, and egg whites beaten until the ribbon holds its shape. Get it right once and you'll make it every December for the rest of your life.
Cooks on Pepper reach for this collection when the cookie tins are full and they still need something for the neighbors, the office, or the plate that goes to church on Sunday.
Every recipe here is stovetop candy you can make in an afternoon: Peanut Divinity Candy and Jeweled Divinity, Creamy Pecan Pralines, and a whole run of fudge, from Easy Peanut Butter Fudge to Three ingredient Oreo fudge and Caramel Apple Fudge.
Quick Tips
- 1
Pick a dry day
Divinity pulls moisture from the air and stays sticky on humid days. Save it for a cool, dry afternoon and it will set up firm in about 30 minutes.
- 2
Use a candy thermometer
Cook the sugar syrup to 250-255°F for divinity. Guessing by eye is how you end up with a pan of sugary soup.
- 3
Beat until it holds
After the hot syrup goes in, keep the mixer running 5 to 10 minutes. Stop when the mixture loses its gloss and a spoonful holds its shape.
- 4
Line the pan first
Butter the pan or lay in parchment before you start the fudge. Once condensed milk and chocolate come together, you have maybe 2 minutes to spread it.
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