Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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   2 1/2  cups          sugar
     1/2  cup           water
   1      cup           chopped pecans
     3/4  cup           white corn syrup
   1      teaspoon      vanilla
   2                    egg whites

Preparation:

Mix sugar, corn syrup, water and vanilla in saucepan. Stir over low heat until sugar is dissolved, then cook without stirring to 260 degrees, or until a little dropped into cold water forms a hard ball. Remove from heat and pour, beating constantly, in a fine stream into beaten egg whites. Beat until mixture holds its shape, fold in nuts. Drop quickly from tip of a buttered spoon, onto wax paper in individual pieces. Makes 48 pieces.