Old Fashioned Potato Candy
This Old Fashioned Potato Candy is one your Grandmother probably made. It's only a few ingredients and a classic! Great for Christmas.
Servings: 8 servings
Ingredients
- 1 small russet potato
- 6-7 cups of powdered sugar
- 2/3 cup of creamy peanut butter
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
Instructions
- Boil potato, peel and put into a large bowl. Mash until lump free.
- Add two cups of powdered sugar to mixture. Continue to mix until sugar is combined with potato. Add in vanilla.
- Gradually add the powdered sugar, one cup at a time, until the mixture reaches a consistency you can mold into a ball.
- Transfer to a sugared board and sprinkle with more powdered sugar. Roll with a rolling pin.
- Spread with peanut butter and roll from the long side like a jelly roll.
- Slice into pieces. Chill for a few hours. Enjoy!
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Notes
Do not use granulated sugar, it must be powdered sugar for this recipe to work. The amount of powdered sugar matters and it can vary depending on how much potato you use. This is an old fashioned recipe, so you will need to start with a small potato and just continue to work with the powdered sugar until you get the consistency you need. You don't want it to crack when you roll it out, you want it to be more clay like. Work quickly the dough will dry out.
If you roll the dough and feel it needs to be chilled before slicing, cut the roll in half and store in the fridge for a bit. Then remove and slice.