Mashed Potato Candy- Ro Charlton from Manchester, TN

Prep Time: 20
Total Time: 60
Servings: 50

Ingredients:

1 medium potato
1 tsp vanilla
1 lb (MOL) 10X confectioners sugar
1 cup peanut butter

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Cooking Instructions:

Boil potato until done. Cool. Mash potato.  Add vanilla and begin to add 10X sugar a little at a time until a dough forms.  Keep adding sugar until a medium firm dough forms.  Turn dough out onto surface sprinkled with 10X sugar to keep it from sticking to surface.  Roll dough out to about 1/8 inch thickness. (If dough is too large, you may need to roll the dough out in 2 parts.) Spread peanut butter (like you are icing a cake) over the whole area of the rolled out dough.  Roll dough into a "log", jelly-roll fashion. Slice into 1/4 - 1/2" slices. Set on waxed paper to dry.  Store in refrigerator. (NOTE: You can wrap log in waxed paper or plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hr before slicing. This makes sliding easier/less messy.)

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Memorable Moment:

This is a recipe that my Aunt Bernice Hutchison always brought to holiday family gatherings.  It's an old- fashioned treat, and it's fun to see the look on people's faces when you tell them it's made from a potato!