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Old Fashioned Potato Candy Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1/3 c. peeled, cooked, and mashed russet potato, cold
(about 1 large potato)
1 T. milk
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1/8 tsp. table salt
6 - 7 c. powdered sugar
1/3 c. creamy peanut butter
Directions:
Directions:
1. Beat mashed potato and next 3 ingredients at medium speed with a heavy-duty electric mixer 2 minutes. Beat in 6 cups powdered sugar, 1 cup at a time. Add up to 1 cup powdered sugar, 1 Tbsp. at a time, to form dough.
2. Gather dough into a ball; dust with powdered sugar. Roll to 1/8 inch thick on parchment paper, and cut into a 12 x 10 inch rectangle. Generously sprinkle powdered sugar over dough, and place a piece of parchment paper over rectangle. Invert rectangle; discard parchment paper on top.
3. Spread peanut butter over dough. Starting at 1 long side, tightly roll up candy, jelly-roll fashion, using parchment paper as a guide. Wrap in parchment paper, and freeze 1 hour. Cut into 1/4 inch thick slices, and serve. Refrigerate sliced candy in an airtight container up to 1 week.
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
Approximately 3 dozen

 

 

 

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