Hey Amy! » candy http://www.heyamy.com Baking, Cooking, Entertaining. Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:54:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Potato Candy http://www.heyamy.com/index.php/2009/11/27/potato-candy/ http://www.heyamy.com/index.php/2009/11/27/potato-candy/#comments Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:14:49 +0000 Amy http://www.heyamy.com/?p=2360 Grandma Jo's Potato CandyOne 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

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