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If you are looking for the best Divinity Candy recipe, you have found it. This Old Fashion Divinity Candy Recipe is easy to make and will be perfect for this holiday season. This light as a feather homemade candy is going to be the star of your holiday baking.
Divinity Candy Recipe
This Divinity Candy is a perfect bite-sized treat. This set of ingredients creates a beautiful, sweet, and fluffy recipe. This recipe is so easy to prepare and you will have a sweet candy in under 30 minutes, not including dry time. Use this candy as part of holiday parties or make a batch to give away as gifts.
Ingredients
Sugar- Every great dessert has sugar in the recipe.
White corn syrup- This will be the added sweetener for the candies.
Water- You will need the water to be cold for this recipe.
Eggs- You will need only the egg whites for this recipe.
Vanilla extract- You can use pure vanilla for the best flavoring.
Optional Garnish- You can use things likePecans, whole or chopped,Raisins,Dried fruit orSprinkles
How to Make Divinity Candy Recipe
Use parchment paper to line baking sheets.
Prepare a medium heavy saucepan and add a candy thermometer to the pan.
Add the sugar, corn syrup, and water to the pan and heat on medium until the ingredients meet a hardball stage. The temperature will reach 250-260 degrees F.
While your ingredients are cooking, begin to beat the egg whites to form stiff peaks.
Once the sugar is at the right temperature, take away from the heat and gradually add to your egg whites, on high speed, whip continuously.
Pour in the vanilla and beat again until the candy starts to hold its shape. You will do this for about 10-15 minutes.
Before use, spray the cookie scoop, then arrange scoops of dough onto the baking sheets.
Add your desired garnish right after, I used pecans.
You will need to let the candy dry and harder for several hours or overnight for the best results.
Then, store the rest of the candy in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks.
How do I Store Divinity Candy?
You will need to store the Divinity Candy correctly for it to last the longest. Store this candy a couple of different ways. You can store in an airtight container, Ziploc bag or wrap tightly in plastic wrap.
How Long Does it Take for Divinity to Harden?
It can take several hours for the Divinity candy to harden. You will want to give it enough time for the best results. I like to plan on giving it overnight to set and harden before enjoying it.
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Divinity Candy Recipe
If you are looking for the best Divinity Candy recipe, you have found it. ThisOld Fashion Divinity Candy Recipeis easy to make and will be perfect for this holiday season. This light as a feather homemade candy is going to be the star of your holiday baking.
Add a candy thermometer to a medium heavy saucepan
Heat sugar, corn syrup and water over medium heat until it reaches hard ball stage, 250-260 degrees F
While the syrup is cooking, beat egg whites until stiff peaks form
When the sugar reaches temperature, remove from heat and very slowly pour into the egg white, whipping on high speed constantly
Add vanilla and continue beating on high until candy holds it shape, about 10-15 minutes ** see notes
Spray a cookie dough scoop or 2 spoons with cooking spray, then drop scoops of candy onto prepared baking sheets
Immediately add whole pecan or other garnish, if using
Allow divinity to dry and harden for several hours or overnight
Store in airtight container for up to two weeks
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Notes
The time will depend on your mixer. I found it best to beat on high speed for 5 minutes and then let the mixture and mixer rest for 2-3 minutes. Then repeat several times
It can also be stored in the refrigerator for up to 1 month. If you are storing divinity candy in the refrigerator, let it come to room temperature before cutting it into squares. Divinity candy can also be frozen for up to 3 months.
Divinity should be dry and set within two hours, but have patience. It may take a little longer. If you would like to try correcting a thin divinity, beat in a little bit of powdered sugar at a time until the consistency is drier and thicker, before dropping onto sheets of waxed paper again to dry.
Divinity is a confection made from egg whites, corn syrup, and sugar. It's similar to nougat, fudge, or marshmallow. Tip: replace the sugar with brown sugar to create "sea foam." Other ingredients can be used to give the candy other tastes, like chopped dried fruit and chopped nuts.
Layer fudge pieces or divinity between waxed paper in an airtight container to prevent from quickly drying out. Store at room temperature up to 2 days or in the refrigerator for up to 1 month.
Corn Syrup – This is added to stop the sugar from crystalizing giving you a very smooth, chewy texture that's not grainy. Sugar – White granulated sugar is the best for this recipe, avoid brown sugar or it'll affect both the taste and look of the divinity.
Consider this: divinity hates humidity. It's best to make divinity on a cool, dry day. If it's humid (over 50%) or rainy, the candy might end up with a more gooey, or grainy texture.
I usually test it once at 15 minutes and then every minute or so after until the candy is ready to go. You don't want to over beat the candy. This results in brittle candy that is crumbly – not what you want. True divinity has a pillowy soft, chewy center that is in a word, divine.
If the candy falls back into the bowl in ribbons that immediately merge back into themselves, the divinity is not done and you need to keep beating. Eventually, the divinity candy will lose it's glossiness and sheen and stop being so sticky, which means it's ready.
High humidity hastens the breakdown of sugar as it cools. Once the candy has cooled to the point where it can no longer evaporate moisture, it can actually begin to reabsorb moisture. This produces a softer product than may be desirable.”
There could be several reasons that your divinity did not turn out fluffy: The syrup was not at the right temperature when it was added to the egg whites. The egg white and syrup mixture was not beaten long enough. The humidity was too high.
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Humidity equals wet, and wet equals candy that often won't set. Even in the cooler and less humid months, it can be a challenge to make old fashioned divinity - that being a divinity that is purely sugar, corn syrup, water, egg whites, chopped pecans, a little vanilla - and a goodly amount of elbow grease.
For those of you who are more particular about presentation, the mixture can also be poured into a 9-inch square pan, cooled and cut into uniform squares. Consider this: divinity hates humidity. It's best to make divinity on a cool, dry day.
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