Posts Tagged ‘candy’

• Potato Candy

  Date: 2009.11.27 | Category: Cooking | Response: 1

  One of my favorite sweet treats from my childhood was Grandma Jo’s potato candy.  I always loved eating it and I remember the day she taught me how to make it.  I remember where we sat, how the house smelled and the sounds around us.  I am the oldest of nine grandchildren so I was the lucky one in many ways.  I got to try everything first.  I had the first sleep over at Grandma’s.  I was able to help cook before the others.  Lucky me!

  I bet you have a lot of leftover mashed potatoes.  Make this delicious sweet treat.  It’s very rich!

  Ingredients:

  1/2 c. mashed potatoes
  10x sugar
  some peanut butter

  Combine mashed potatoes with powdered sugar until it is firm enough to roll.  I begin with a few tablespoons and just tap the box over the bowl as needed until it’s to a consistency I can work with.  Roll out like pie dough on a wooden board covered with powdered sugar.  Spread peanut butter over entire area of potato mixture.  Starting at one end, roll entire piece of dough like a jelly roll, firm and tight.  Cut into very thin pieces and begin stuffing your mouth!

  If you have more than 1/2 c. of mashed potatoes, make the candy in batches as using more than a 1/2 c. at a time, makes it very hard to roll out.  I am not overstating that this is a delicious and rich candy.

  xo–me