Ingredients:
3 cups water
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup light corn syrup
1/4 teaspoon salt
Two egg whites
One, 3-ounce package lemon-flavored gelatin
1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts

Directions:
Cook first four ingredients in a large heavy saucepan over low heat; stirring constantly, until sugar dissolves.

Cover syrup mixture and cook over medium heat three minutes. Uncover; cook over medium heat, without stirring until mixture reaches hard ball stage or until a candy thermometer registers 258-degrees (about 18 minutes) remove mixture from heat.

Beat egg whites at high speed with an electric mixer until foamy. Add gelatin, beat until stiff peaks form.

Pour hot syrup in a thin stream over egg white, beating constantly at high speed four minutes or until mixture holds its shape. Stir in pecans.

Drop mixture quickly by rounded teaspoonfuls onto wax paper. Cool.

Variation:  Cherry Divinity can be made wit thie recipe as well. Substitute a 3-ounce package cherry-falvored gelatin for lemon-flavored gelatin.

Yield:  Six dozen