White Mountain Frosting

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3 cups white sugar
• 1 cup water
• 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 3 egg whites
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Recipe

• combine sugar, water, and cream of tartar in a saucepan. cook until candy thermometer reaches 238 degrees f (115 degrees c), or until syrup spins a long thread when dripped from a spoon.
• beat egg whites until stiff. pour a thin, slow stream of the syrup into egg whites, beating constantly until frosting stands in peaks. stir in salt and vanilla to taste.