Fluffy Boiled Icing

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup water
• 1 tablespoon white corn syrup
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 2 egg whites
• 1 teaspoon vanilla or lemon flavoring

Steps

1. Combine sugar, water, corn syrup and salt; stir until blended.
2. Boil slowly without stirring until mixture will spin a thread when a little is held high above saucepan.
3. Meanwhile, beat egg whites until stiff but still moist (about 2 1/2 minutes on high speed).
4. Pour syrup slowly over egg whites, continuing beating until icing holds its shape.
5. Add flavoring.

Notes

Hint: If icing does not seem stiff enough, add 1 or 2 tablespoons powdered sugar.

36 appears to be the plain (unlined) back of the same index card as 35, with more icing clippings pasted on.

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