“Um, where am I?”
Yeah, if you’re thinking that, you’re probably not alone. I’m not, well, “known” for my brilliant chefs-manship.
But my good friend at Overwhelmed with Joy is doing this marvelous holiday recipe swap and she’s asked me to join in.
Except that I haven’t really “cooked” ever lately.
So I dug out one of my dad’s recipes. He was a fantastic cook and died about ten years ago. I was fortunate to inherit hundreds of recipes. This, however, is a mystery recipe. My daughter tried to make it, experimenting numerous ways, but the result was iffy. My brothers and sisters said it was very sweet and some liked it, while some didn’t.
Any thoughts on what ingredients or instructions might be missing? I think it’s supposed to be something like divinity. Any suggestions are appreciated!
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2:35 am
What is this recipe supposed to make? Does it need flour? Does it need baking? I’m stumped but incredibly curious!
2:46 am
Marilyn, thank you for your questions. I think it’s supposed to be some sort of candy (like divinity). I added that to my post – thank you for asking for that very pertinent information!
I’m stumped too. My daughter’s experiments produced sticky sweet goo, or sweet styrofoam, depending upon what she did. But don’t think we quite got it right yet.
10:38 pm
Candy huh? The last time I made “potato candies”, everyone told me that it was disgusting! So I don’t make any more candies any more. Sorry.
1:17 am
I would say cook until softball stage,, and then whip
It’s probably cake frosting
6:44 am
It does look like it could be a divinity-type recipe. If it came out gooey, it probably wasn’t cooked to the right stage. After school today I’ll take a closer look and see what I can come up with. What a fun post. I like a mystery!
Thanks for visiting my site. I love your recipe because I love to figure out recipes and make them work.
8:16 am
Looks like it could be a meringue or divinity to me with the egg whites and cream of tartar. I will have to check back and see if anyone comes up with the answer…cute!
8:41 am
hi, found you through the Holiday Cooking, Blogger style. Meringue will typically have more egg whites and less sugar, while divinity candy uses corn syrup. {could be your missing ingredient} Do you remember what it is suppose to taste like?
9:00 am
I can’t tell you how wonderful this is. I love that you’ve shared this mystery recipe and that others are helping to figure it out. This just warmed my heart.
I’m not sure about divinity, if the recipe calls for one “whole” egg. I think divinity would use egg whites. I think it’s probably a frosting.
9:08 am
You are all so AWESOME to help me out with this! According to my sisters, it was very sweet (like sickening, to some.) But I think it was supposed to be a candy, which means I’m missing some seriously important information;)
Maybe it’s frosting, in which case your suggestions might be different. I never ate this, so am relying on the memories of my older brothers and sisters!
I can’t wait to try this recipe with each of the suggestions you leave. This is really cool, you guys!
10:33 am
I think that might be the thing throwing people off, the use of 1 whole egg. There is a fluffy frosting
1 cup granulated sugar
1/3 cup water
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
2 egg whites
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
But that’s not it. Anything fluffy {even frostings} will use the whites and not the yolks. As the title says Fluffy F {which is a drink} egg “white”, might have been left out. I’m afraid I will be of no help here, as all the sweet candies I know are made with powdered sugar and egg whites, good luck!
10:56 am
I love to cook around the Holidays, I’ll have to check this out.
Divinity is one of my grandmother’s favorite recipes around the Holidays, I’ll ask her about your mystery recipe.
11:11 am
After doing some research, I agree with Phelan. It’s Fluffy Frosting. Here’s another recipe I found:
FLUFFY FROSTING
Printed from COOKS.COM
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1 c. sugar
1/4 tsp. cream of tartar
1/8 tsp. salt
1/3 c. water
1 tbsp. light corn syrup
1 egg white
1/4 tsp. vanilla
Bring sugar, cream of tartar, salt, corn syrup and water to boiling until sugar dissolves. Add to unbeaten egg white, beating constantly with electric mixer until frosting is of spreading consistency. Add vanilla.
NOTE: Start beating egg whites and slowly, add boiling mixture. This recipe is very much like the box mix of “Fluffy White Frosting”. Excellent.
12:13 pm
Magi – I think you may have it! I wonder if my dad accidentally write corn “starch” rather than corn “syrup”? The rest of the recipe looks nearly identical. And now I have instructions! I will try this — thank you for helping to solve the mystery!
12:44 pm
I found a recipe for Fluffy Divinity Icing. It is not exact but it combines the two words you were looking for. Fluffy and Divinity. This came from a Culinary Arts Institute Cookbook.
Fluffy Divinity Icing
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 T corn syrup
6 T water
1/8 t cream of tartar
Dash of salt
2 egg whites, stiffly beaten
1 t vanilla
Combine sugar, water and cream of tartar. Cook sirup without stirring to 238* f or until a small amount forms a soft ball when dropped into ice cold water.
Pour 1/3 of the sirup in a fine stream over stiffly beaten egg whites while beating constantly.
Cook remainder of sirup to 248*F or until small amount forms a firm ball when dropped in cold water.
Remove from heat and pour 1/2 of the remaining sirup in a fine stream and beat.
Cook remaining to 268*F to hard ball stage. Remove from heat and pour last stream into the icing, beating thoroughly.
Add flavoring and beat until thick enough to spread. I hope you find exactly what you are looking for!
12:57 pm
Kathleen Marie – this is AWESOME! Maybe THAT’s it!
I can’t believe how generous you’ve all been with your time on my little mystery. Thank you so much!
1:41 pm
Okay, you’d win a prize (if I were giving out prizes) for the most fun recipe. A mystery recipe, I love it! And no, your recipe is not the lamest in the group. Shame on you for even thinking so.
Many of my grandmother’s recipes are like this, just jotted down bits and pieces. She had the entire recipe in her head, of course, but now that she’s gone we’re all left to make our own interpretations. That’s not always easy.
I wish I could help you out with this, but I must admit I’m stumped. I’ll have to think on this a bit and try to get back to you.
Thanks so much for participating in my Holiday Cooking, Blogger Style recipe exchange. I sure do appreciate it!
3:37 pm
I would be THE last person you should ask about cooking! One Christmas my mom forgot the Chex Mix that was in the oven. The smoke detector went off as she carried out a completely black, burned mess. Karate Kid, in all innocence asked, “Is my mom cooking again?”
11:08 pm
Wish I could help, but when it comes to cooking I should stay out of the kitchen.
Good luck.
8:03 pm
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