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The last few recipes I have added show up below, but you can use the categories or the search bar to find all the recipes on this site.
DIVINITY
December 23, 2010 
from Mom
Ingredients:
2 1/2 cups gran. sugar
1/2/cup white corn syrup
1/2/ cup water
2 egg whites
pinch salt
1 tsp. Vanilla
Combine sugar, corn syrup and water. Mix well.
Cook over low heat, stirring with a wooden spoon until sugar dissolves. Brush down crystals with dampened pastry brush. Boil to 260deg. on candy thermometer.
Beat egg whites with salt until stiff but not dry.
Take syrup from stove and let stand until bubbling ceases. Pour in slow steady stream over egg whites, beating all the time. Beat with electric mixer until fairly stiff.
Take off beater stand and beat by hand, using a wooden spoon, until mixture loses its gloss. Beat in vanilla. Pour into square pan and mark off into squares, or drop by tsp. On waxed paper, or push through cookie press.
MAPLE DIVINITY FUDGE
Ingredients:
2 1/3 cups sugar
1/2 cup maple syrup
2/3 cup corn syrup
1/4 cup water
1/4 tsp. Salt
Stir until dissolved and cook without stirring to 265 deg. Or hard ball.
Pour over 2 beaten egg whites that have been beaten until they hold their shape.
Mix and place in greased pan.
Spread with 2 squares melted choc. when cool.
SHORTBREAD COOKIES for cookie press
Ingredients:
1 3/4 cups sifted all purpose flour
1/4 tsp. Salt
3/4 cup butter
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg yolk, beaten
1 tsp. Vanilla
Sift flour and salt tog. Blend butter and sugar . Beat in egg yolk. Stir in vanilla and sifted flour. Mix well. Put through cookie press onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 375 deg. For 10 min. Or until browned.
The dough may be shaped into balls by hand and pressed flat with the tines of a fork. Cookies may be topped with nuts, cherries or choc.bits before baking.
SHORTBREAD (with rice flour)
Ingredients:
4 oz. Flour( 1 cup)
2 oz. Rice flour (2 tbsp)
4 oz. Butter (1/2 cup)
2 oz. Berry sugar (1/4 cup)
Sift flour, rice flour and sugar into bowl. Add butter. Work in butter until like a short pastry.
Shape into rounds. Place on greased and papered pan.
Prick all over with fork. Place in 300 deg. Oven until lightly coloured, then reduce heat to 275deg. And bake until done. (Takes 1 hour or longer, depending on thickness of cake.)
MARSHMALLOW ROLL
Mom’s famous recipe.
Melt 2 squares of semi-sweet choc. & 2 squares of unsweetened choc.
Add 1 tbsp. butter. Cool
Cut up 24 large marshmallows in quarters or use equivalent amt. of miniature ones.
Beat 1 egg, add 1/4 cup icing sugar and beat in well. Add cooled choc. mixture to egg mixture.
Stir in 1/2 cup nuts and the marshmallows. Divide in half.
Roll each half into about a 2 “ wide roll.
Roll in coconut- wrap and chill.( medium length is best)
ps. I use small marshmallows (can use white or coloured)
I use walnuts