OLD-FASHIONED POTATO CANDY – The Southern Girl Cooks

This Outdated Original Potato sweet is a favourite. The mix of potato, powdered sugar and peanut butter is a household favourite.

Should you love this quaint sweet additionally, you will wish to attempt these great Coconut Pecan Pralines! These are an awesome addition to any vacation gathering.

❤️WHY WE LOVE THIS RECIPE

This recipe was made widespread through the Nice Melancholy period. We love this recipe as a result of the style is great! It’s laborious to depart this sweet alone and we like to make it for Christmas. I keep in mind as a child opening up a tin from the neighbors and this scrumptious sweet can be stacked between wax paper and I might be so excited. It’s that scrumptious and everybody ought to attempt it!

🍴KEY INGREDIENTS

• Potato
• Powdered Sugar
• Vanilla Extract
• Creamy Peanut Butter

SWAPS

You need to use different nut butters on this recipe in case you desire! You may additionally mix nut butters in case you like or add nutella to this recipe too. You might be artistic.

🍽️HOW TO MAKE

This recipe takes a bit bit of labor however when you be taught the consistency it is going to come collectively actually shortly. Full Printable Recipe beneath.

📖COOKING STEPS

Step 1
Boil potato, peel and put into a big bowl. Mash till lump free. Add two cups of powdered sugar to combination. 

Step 2
Proceed to combine till sugar is mixed with potato. Add in vanilla.  Regularly add the powdered sugar, one cup at a time, till the combination reaches a consistency you possibly can mould right into a ball. 

Step 3
Switch to a sugared board and sprinkle with extra powdered sugar. Roll with a rolling pin. Unfold with peanut butter and roll from the lengthy aspect like a jelly roll. Slice into items. 

⭐TIPS & NOTES

Don’t use granulated sugar, it have to be powdered sugar for this recipe to work. The quantity of powdered sugar issues and it will possibly differ relying on how a lot potato you utilize. That is an quaint recipe, so you’ll need to start out with a small potato and simply proceed to work with the powdered sugar till you get the consistency you want. You don’t need it to crack if you roll it out, you need it to be extra clay like. Work shortly the dough will dry out.

Should you roll the dough and really feel it must be chilled earlier than slicing, reduce the roll in half and retailer within the fridge for a bit. Then take away and slice. 

OTHER OLD FASHIONED CANDY

STORING & SERVING SIZE

This makes about 20 items of sweet and we retailer it within the fridge or a cool place.

Outdated Original Potato Sweet

Anne Walkup

This Outdated Original Potato Sweet is one your Grandmother most likely made. It is just a few elements and a basic! Nice for Christmas.

Prep Time 25 minutes minutes

2 hours hrs

Course sweet

Delicacies American

• 1 small russet potato
• 6-7 cups of powdered sugar
• 2/3 cup of creamy peanut butter
• 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract

• Boil potato, peel and put into a big bowl. Mash till lump free.

• Add two cups of powdered sugar to combination. Proceed to combine till sugar is mixed with potato. Add in vanilla.

• Regularly add the powdered sugar, one cup at a time, till the combination reaches a consistency you possibly can mould right into a ball.

• Switch to a sugared board and sprinkle with extra powdered sugar. Roll with a rolling pin.

• Unfold with peanut butter and roll from the lengthy aspect like a jelly roll.

• Slice into items. Chill for a couple of hours. Take pleasure in!

Don’t use granulated sugar, it have to be powdered sugar for this recipe to work. The quantity of powdered sugar issues and it will possibly differ relying on how a lot potato you utilize. That is an quaint recipe, so you’ll need to start out with a small potato and simply proceed to work with the powdered sugar till you get the consistency you want. You don’t need it to crack if you roll it out, you need it to be extra clay like. Work shortly the dough will dry out.
Should you roll the dough and really feel it must be chilled earlier than slicing, reduce the roll in half and retailer within the fridge for a bit. Then take away and slice. 

Key phrase Outdated Original Potato Sweet, Potato Sweet

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