Sea Foam

Ingredients

• 1 3/4 cup light brown sugar, firmly packed
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup hot water
• 1/4 cup light corn syrup
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 egg whites
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup broken walnuts (optional)

Directions

Combine sugars, water, corn syrup and salt in 2-qt. heavy saucepan. Cook, stirring constantly, until sugars dissolve and mixture reaches a boil. If sugar crystals form on sides of pan, wipe them off. Continue cooking, without stirring, at a fairly low boil to the hard ball stage(260 degrees). Remove from heat. At once beat egg whites until stiff. Pour hot syrup in thin stream over egg whites, beating constantly with electric mixer on high speed. Add vanilla; continue beating until candy forms soft peaks and starts to lose its gloss(this will take about 10 minutes). Stir in nuts. Drop rounded teaspoonfuls onto waxed paper, swirling candy to make peaks.

Submitted 6/13/05.
Source: Farm Journal's Cookbook
Submitted By: Linda Wilson
lwilson@gatecom.com
Sea Foam