OLD-FASHIONED POTATO CANDY – The Southern Girl Cooks

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

For those who love this quaint sweet additionally, you will need to strive these fantastic Coconut Pecan Pralines! These are an ideal addition to any vacation gathering.

❤️WHY WE LOVE THIS RECIPE

This recipe was made well-liked through the Nice Despair period. We love this recipe as a result of the style is fantastic! It’s laborious to go away 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 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 utilize 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 slightly bit of labor however when you be taught the consistency it is going to come collectively actually rapidly. 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 may 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 might probably differ 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 rapidly the dough will dry out.

For those who roll the dough and really feel it must be chilled earlier than slicing, lower 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 Long-established Potato Sweet

Anne Walkup

This Previous Long-established 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 may 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 a couple of hours. Get pleasure from!

Don’t use granulated sugar, it should be powdered sugar for this recipe to work. The quantity of powdered sugar issues and it might probably differ 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 rapidly the dough will dry out.
For those who roll the dough and really feel it must be chilled earlier than slicing, lower the roll in half and retailer within the fridge for a bit. Then take away and slice. 

Key phrase Previous Long-established Potato Sweet, Potato Sweet

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