OLD-FASHIONED POTATO CANDY – The Southern Girl Cooks

This Previous Common Potato sweet is a favourite. The mixture of potato, powdered sugar and peanut butter is a household favourite.

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

❤️WHY WE LOVE THIS RECIPE

This recipe was made in style throughout the Nice Melancholy period. We love this recipe as a result of the style is great! It’s onerous 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 should use different nut butters on this recipe when you desire! You possibly can additionally mix nut butters when you like or add nutella to this recipe too. You may be inventive.

🍽️HOW TO MAKE

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

📖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.  Steadily add the powdered sugar, one cup at a time, till the combination reaches a consistency you’ll be able to 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 facet like a jelly roll. Slice into items. 

⭐TIPS & NOTES

Don’t use granulated sugar, it should be powdered sugar for this recipe to work. The quantity of powdered sugar issues and it may possibly fluctuate relying on how a lot potato you employ. That is an quaint recipe, so you will have 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 once 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.

Previous Common Potato Sweet

Anne Walkup

This Previous Common Potato Sweet is one your Grandmother in all probability made. It is only some 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.

• Steadily add the powdered sugar, one cup at a time, till the combination reaches a consistency you’ll be able to 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 facet like a jelly roll.

• Slice into items. Chill for just a few hours. Take pleasure in!

Don’t use granulated sugar, it should be powdered sugar for this recipe to work. The quantity of powdered sugar issues and it may possibly fluctuate relying on how a lot potato you employ. That is an quaint recipe, so you will have 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 once 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 Previous Common Potato Sweet, Potato Sweet

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