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Double Boiler Frosting (7-minute frosting)
2 egg white (1/4 cup)
1 1/2 cups sugar
1/4 tsp. Watkins Cream of Tartar (or 1 T. light corn syrup - I don't think she used this substitute)
1/3 cup water
1 tsp. Watkins Clear Vanilla
Combine egg whites, sugar, cream of tartar and water in top of double boiler. Beat on high speed 1 minute with electric mixer. Place over boiling water (water should not touch bottom of pan); beat on high speed 7 minutes. Remove pan from boiling water; add vanilla. Beat 2 minutes longer on high speed. (Fills and frosts two 8 or 9 inch layers of frosts a 9 x 13 inch cake)


Well, I can't think of her boiled frosting without thinking of the wonderful divinity she made at holiday time. For the life of me, I can't remember watching her slave away in the kitchen. She must have worked all night while we slept to magically produce all of the wonderful cookies and candies which lined the freezer this time of year. Many a frozen cookie was pilfered from the depth of the old chest freezer. But I digress, back to the lovely batches of divinity we all enjoyed. Treat your family to a batch of this sweet delight this festive time of year!

Divinity
2 2/3 cups sugar
2/3 cup light corn syrup
1/2 cup water (Use 1 T. less on humid days)
2 egg white
1 tsp. Watkins Clear Vanilla
2/3 cup broken nuts
Stir sugar, corn syrup and water over low heat until sugar is dissolved. Cook, without stirring, to 260 degrees on a candy thermometer ( or until small amount of mixture dropped into very cold water forms a hard ball.)

In mixer bowl, beat egg white until stiff peaks form. Continue beating while pouring hot syrup in a thin stream into egg whites. Add vanilla; beat until mixture holds its shape and becomes slightly dull. (Mixture may become too stiff for mixer.) Fold in nuts. Drop mixture from tip of butted spoon onto waxed paper. Makes about 4 dozen candies.

Give more volume and stability to egg whites and a smoother texture to candy and frostings with Watkins Cream of Tartar. Here is tip for you: If you are unfortunately out of Watkins Baking Powder, substitute 1/4 tsp. Watkins Cream of Tartar plus 1/4 tsp. baking soda for 1 tsp. double acting baking powder. It pays to know a few tricks for pinch situations!

Care to walk down memory lane with me for a moment? I can remember coming home after school to my mom's baked goods. She is a fabulous baker...a great cook as well...but her pies, cakes and homemade doughnuts were to die for! Or at least, one would have an intense moment of salivation to the point of pain when viewing the table laden with her baked treasures. It was wonderful. But here is the point of the memory...she always made a cake that was piled high with a double boiler frosting. Yum, yum! Here is her good old fashioned "Betty Crocker" recipe which she never failed at producing a superb frosting. It may take a little patience to make but is worth every second of it!