DAD'S POTATO CANDY

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This is a candy recipe my dad has been making since I could remember. I always thought he was just making stuff up when he made it. It's a very sweet and easy-to-make treat.

Provided by Paraclete

Time 1h50m

Yield 24

Number Of Ingredients 4

Ingredients

1 potato, peeled
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
6 cups confectioners' sugar, or more as needed
1 cup peanut butter, or more to taste

Steps:

Place potato into a pot and cover with salted water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until very tender, about 30 minutes. Drain. Transfer potato to a large bowl and mash until smooth. Stir vanilla extract into mashed potato.
Stir confectioners' sugar gradually into mashed potato until consistency is like cookie dough; add more confectioners' sugar if candy is too runny.
Sprinkle a large piece of waxed paper with confectioners' sugar and roll potato candy out into a rectangle 1/4 inch thick. Spread peanut butter onto candy. Roll candy and peanut butter into a tight spiral; wrap candy log in waxed paper. Refrigerate until firm, about 1 hour. Cut into slices to serve.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 192.2 calories, Carbohydrate 34.6 g, Fat 5.5 g, Fiber 0.8 g, Protein 2.8 g, SaturatedFat 1.1 g, Sodium 50.1 mg, Sugar 31.8 g