3 egg whites
1 cup chopped pecans
1 teaspoon vanilla

In sauce pan, mix:
3 cups sugar
¾ cup white karo syrup
¼ cup boiling water Alternate:
2 egg whites
2 cups pecans
1 teaspoon vanilla

In sauce pan, mix:
3 cups sugar
½ cup karo syrup
½ cup water
pinch of salt

cook sugar/syrup/water mixture until crack stage

while sugar syrup mixture is cooking:
Beat the egg whites of three eggs until stiff peaks stand.
When the sugar syrup is done, beat into the egg whites.
Continue beating, then add 1 teaspoon vanilla
Just before the mixture hardens, mix in the pecans
Drop by teaspoons onto wax paper
Let cool