OLD-FASHIONED POTATO CANDY – The Southern Woman Cooks

This Outdated Original Potato sweet is a favourite.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

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

❤️WHY WE LOVE THIS RECIPE

This recipe was made standard throughout 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 bear in mind as a child opening up a tin from the neighbors and this scrumptious sweet could be stacked between wax paper and I’d be so excited. It’s that scrumptious and everybody ought to strive it!

🍴KEY INGREDIENTS

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

SWAPS

You should use different nut butters on this recipe for those who want! You can additionally mix nut butters for those who like or add nutella to this recipe too. You may be artistic.

🍽️HOW TO MAKE

This recipe takes just a little bit of labor however when you study the consistency it’ll 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.  Step by step add the powdered sugar, one cup at a time, till the combination reaches a consistency you possibly can mildew 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 fluctuate relying on how a lot potato you employ. That is an quaint recipe, so you will have to begin 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.

When you roll the dough and really feel it must be chilled earlier than slicing, minimize 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 substances 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.

• Step by step add the powdered sugar, one cup at a time, till the combination reaches a consistency you possibly can mildew 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 fluctuate relying on how a lot potato you employ. That is an quaint recipe, so you will have to begin 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.
When you roll the dough and really feel it must be chilled earlier than slicing, minimize 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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