Chai Spiced Divinity with Pecans
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A delicious and flavorful twist on traditional divinity.
Ingredients
Directions
  1. Heat ½ cup water to boiling, add tea bags, steep for 5 minutes.
  2. In a large pot, mix sugar, corn syrup and tea. Cook over a medium-high heat, while stirring until the mixture comes to a boil.
  3. Clip candy thermometer to the pan. Continue cooking over medium-high heat without stirring until it reaches 260 degrees ( hard-ball stage).
  4. Once you no longer need to stir the sugar mixture, you can prepare the egg white. In a large mixing bowl, beat egg whites on medium until they form stiff peaks, when pushed with a spoon.
  5. Gradually pour the hot sugar mixture in a thin stream over the egg whites, while the mixer is still set on medium After all of the hot mixture has been added to the egg whites, increase speed to high and beat for about 3 minutes.
  6. Turn off mixer and scrape sides of bowl. Add vanilla. Continue beating on high until the candy starts to lose its gloss ( about 5-6 minutes). When beaters are lifted, the candy should fall in a thick ribbon and form a mound.
  7. Stir in nuts, if you like, then drop with a tablespoon ( I use a 1 Tablespoon cookie Scoop) onto wax paper.
  8. Let them set until they have cooled and the outer layer has become somewhat dry and not sticky ( 1 –2 hours). Store in an airtight container.
Notes
Equipment Needed: Free standing mixer Candy Thermometer If you would like to see a pictorial tutorial, visit my How to Make Divinity post, which includes the same steps.
Recipe by Premeditated Leftovers™ at https://premeditatedleftovers.com/?p=3084