Comments on: Divinity http://www.sweetestkitchen.com/2009/10/divinity/ Just another WordPress site Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:22:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Brenda N http://www.sweetestkitchen.com/2009/10/divinity/#comment-943 Brenda N Fri, 24 Dec 2010 03:55:51 +0000 http://www.sweetestkitchen.com/?p=1491#comment-943 I make 5 to 6 batches of divinity during Christmas every year. First don't attempt it if there is a cloud in the sky! lol Plus, I never use a whisk attachment. My el cheapo stand mixer doesn't have one. Only the old fashioned double beaters. Then I use the bowl lever to offset the way the bowl sits under the beaters..need more room up front , where the pouring business goes on. I use a candy thermometer but always double check by spooning a bit of the hot syrup into cold water...it should make a hard ball. If you go to the hard crack stage the candy will set too fast. You can save it when it starts to harden by drops of hot water beat into it. good luck...try adding some chopped pecans to the mix its great! I make 5 to 6 batches of divinity during Christmas every year. First don’t attempt it if there is a cloud in the sky! lol Plus, I never use a whisk attachment. My el cheapo stand mixer doesn’t have one. Only the old fashioned double beaters. Then I use the bowl lever to offset the way the bowl sits under the beaters..need more room up front , where the pouring business goes on. I use a candy thermometer but always double check by spooning a bit of the hot syrup into cold water…it should make a hard ball. If you go to the hard crack stage the candy will set too fast. You can save it when it starts to harden by drops of hot water beat into it. good luck…try adding some chopped pecans to the mix its great!

]]> By: Craig Pounds http://www.sweetestkitchen.com/2009/10/divinity/#comment-942 Craig Pounds Wed, 22 Dec 2010 17:58:02 +0000 http://www.sweetestkitchen.com/?p=1491#comment-942 I follow a recipe from the late 1930's (from southwestern U.S.A. food columnist 'Aunt Susan'). Susan recommends cooking the syrup to 230 degrees and pouring one-third of it onto the stiffly-beaten whites, as mixer continues to beat at highest speed. Repeat two more times for the other other two-thirds of the syrup. This relieves the pressure on your mixer. As usual, continue beating until mixture loses its shiny gloss. Sometimes, you'll have to finish the process manually and then add the vanilla and cup of pecans. More often than not, however, the gloss disappears while the mixer is still running! This is sufficiently dry that you should be able to cut the divinity into manageable squares by the next morning. I follow a recipe from the late 1930′s (from southwestern U.S.A. food columnist ‘Aunt Susan’). Susan recommends cooking the syrup to 230 degrees and pouring one-third of it onto the stiffly-beaten whites, as mixer continues to beat at highest speed. Repeat two more times for the other other two-thirds of the syrup. This relieves the pressure on your mixer. As usual, continue beating until mixture loses its shiny gloss. Sometimes, you’ll have to finish the process manually and then add the vanilla and cup of pecans. More often than not, however, the gloss disappears while the mixer is still running! This is sufficiently dry that you should be able to cut the divinity into manageable squares by the next morning.

]]> By: Leslie Harrinton http://www.sweetestkitchen.com/2009/10/divinity/#comment-941 Leslie Harrinton Sun, 19 Dec 2010 16:36:24 +0000 http://www.sweetestkitchen.com/?p=1491#comment-941 Is this the Kitchen Aid divinity recipe you mention? Do I use the wire whisk? How do I know what the humidity is? What is the proper humidity? Is is guaged by a number? or just by High, Low? Is this the Kitchen Aid divinity recipe you mention? Do I use the wire whisk? How do I know what the humidity is? What is the proper humidity? Is is guaged by a number? or just by High, Low?

]]> By: Marla http://www.sweetestkitchen.com/2009/10/divinity/#comment-940 Marla Wed, 23 Dec 2009 06:22:34 +0000 http://www.sweetestkitchen.com/?p=1491#comment-940 I always made good divinity while living in the high desert of Wyoming. Cook to 265 or until it made hard strings in a glass of water and poured it slowly into the stiff egg whites using a hand mixer and glass bowl. The last little bit was always stirred by hand, more like pulling it up and letting it cool before grabbing another spoonful and pulling it up, as soon as it just starts to lose its gloss, I used two spoons to spoon it out onto wax paper. However, it rains and snows a lot in Northern Idaho at Christmas time. This was my introduction to failures. Good tasting failures, but failures all the same. I rolled them in pecans and dipped them in carmel and rolled them in more pecans. Similar to a very messy pecan role. Keep practicing and taking advise as you choose. You too will make divinity. I always made good divinity while living in the high desert of Wyoming. Cook to 265 or until it made hard strings in a glass of water and poured it slowly into the stiff egg whites using a hand mixer and glass bowl. The last little bit was always stirred by hand, more like pulling it up and letting it cool before grabbing another spoonful and pulling it up, as soon as it just starts to lose its gloss, I used two spoons to spoon it out onto wax paper. However, it rains and snows a lot in Northern Idaho at Christmas time. This was my introduction to failures. Good tasting failures, but failures all the same. I rolled them in pecans and dipped them in carmel and rolled them in more pecans. Similar to a very messy pecan role. Keep practicing and taking advise as you choose. You too will make divinity.

]]> By: Jamieanne http://www.sweetestkitchen.com/2009/10/divinity/#comment-939 Jamieanne Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:25:52 +0000 http://www.sweetestkitchen.com/?p=1491#comment-939 No worries, Angela! I hope the KitchenAid recipe will still work for a different stand mixer. Since moving back to Australia at the beginning of this month I had to leave my KitchenAid behind; I now have a Breville stand mixer, which is pretty good as well, but it's not a KitchenAid! Anyway, I will attempt divinity again sometime with the recipe you posted and I hope it'll work for me too! :) No worries, Angela! I hope the KitchenAid recipe will still work for a different stand mixer. Since moving back to Australia at the beginning of this month I had to leave my KitchenAid behind; I now have a Breville stand mixer, which is pretty good as well, but it’s not a KitchenAid! Anyway, I will attempt divinity again sometime with the recipe you posted and I hope it’ll work for me too! :)

]]> By: Angela http://www.sweetestkitchen.com/2009/10/divinity/#comment-938 Angela Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:40:45 +0000 http://www.sweetestkitchen.com/?p=1491#comment-938 Hi Jamieanne! First, thank you for linking back to my Divinity recipe on my blog. Much appreciated. Second, that KitchenAid Divinity recipe is the ONLY one that has ever worked for me. DH's crews loved it so much they have repeatedly requested it year after year as a Christmas treat for them at work. Also, let me tell you, I practically stand on my head on a stool while pouring the mixture into the mixer bowl so I am able to slowly pour it in. It's a trick, lemme tell ya...LOL! But, every little trick in making Divinity is crucial. Best of luck to you with your Divinity! Hi Jamieanne! First, thank you for linking back to my Divinity recipe on my blog. Much appreciated.

Second, that KitchenAid Divinity recipe is the ONLY one that has ever worked for me. DH’s crews loved it so much they have repeatedly requested it year after year as a Christmas treat for them at work.

Also, let me tell you, I practically stand on my head on a stool while pouring the mixture into the mixer bowl so I am able to slowly pour it in. It’s a trick, lemme tell ya…LOL! But, every little trick in making Divinity is crucial.

Best of luck to you with your Divinity!

]]> By: shaz http://www.sweetestkitchen.com/2009/10/divinity/#comment-937 shaz Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:54:02 +0000 http://www.sweetestkitchen.com/?p=1491#comment-937 G'day Jamieanne, Just surfed on over from the Cupcake Hero Flickr group and wanted to say the pics of this candy are amazing! I'd never heard of divinity before either. Great post and I think it looks great even if it wasn't perfect. Cheers G’day Jamieanne,

Just surfed on over from the Cupcake Hero Flickr group and wanted to say the pics of this candy are amazing! I’d never heard of divinity before either. Great post and I think it looks great even if it wasn’t perfect.

Cheers

]]> By: Jamieanne http://www.sweetestkitchen.com/2009/10/divinity/#comment-936 Jamieanne Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:43:49 +0000 http://www.sweetestkitchen.com/?p=1491#comment-936 Thanks everyone for your stories and suggestions; I've enjoyed all the comments on this post. Next time I make divinity, I will make it perfectly (I hope! :D ) Thanks everyone for your stories and suggestions; I’ve enjoyed all the comments on this post. Next time I make divinity, I will make it perfectly (I hope! :D )

]]> By: Suzy http://www.sweetestkitchen.com/2009/10/divinity/#comment-935 Suzy Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:05:20 +0000 http://www.sweetestkitchen.com/?p=1491#comment-935 You definitely have to beat at least by hand with a wooden spoon until its no longer glossy or you won't get the right texture. Good try though! Give it another go and you will get it. You definitely have to beat at least by hand with a wooden spoon until its no longer glossy or you won’t get the right texture. Good try though! Give it another go and you will get it.

]]> By: anna http://www.sweetestkitchen.com/2009/10/divinity/#comment-934 anna Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:10:06 +0000 http://www.sweetestkitchen.com/?p=1491#comment-934 I've never had Divinity but I have been meaning to try it for a while - anything with meringue and I'm all over it! I think I'll try them for this year's assortment of holiday goodies. I’ve never had Divinity but I have been meaning to try it for a while – anything with meringue and I’m all over it! I think I’ll try them for this year’s assortment of holiday goodies.

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