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From: golding@neon.Stanford.EDU (Andy Golding)
Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes
Subject: VEGAN: Potato Candy
Summary: original subject was Re: REQUEST: Potato Candy
Keywords: recipe vegan
Message-ID: <1991Mar15.203338.23232@mthvax.cs.miami.edu>
Date: 13 Mar 91 01:27:24 GMT
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Steinar.Haug@elab-runit.sintef.no (Steinar Haug) writes:

>i used to help my grandmother make wonderful candy out of primarily
>mashed potatoes, peanut butter, and sugar.  the mashed potatoes were
>mixed with the sugar and rolled out, then the peanut butter was mixed
>with sugar and put on top, then the whole thing was rolled like a jelly
>roll, sliced, and put in the fridge for a while until it set.

Funny you should mention this.  A recipe for potato candy appeared in
the newspaper here fairly recently.  Just last week I was making mashed
potatoes anyway, so I thought I'd give it the old try.  I have to say,
though, I was not impressed.  It came out like dried fruit in a sweet,
bland potato matrix -- probably because that's what it was.  Maybe you
could comment on ways to improve it (e.g., you mention peanut butter).

Andy


POTATO CANDY

1 cup mashed potatoes
1 cup pulverized sugar, approximately (? I used powdered sugar)
2 cups chopped mixed dried tropical fruit
1 cup nut meats, chopped
1 Tbsp vanilla
1/2 tsp almond extract

In a large bowl, gradually mix sugar into potatoes.  When mixture
begins to thicken, add pineapple, cherries, nuts, vanilla and almond
extracts.  Knead in as much additional sugar as mixture will absorb.
(Perhaps this is where I went wrong, I stopped at 1 1/2 cups to avoid a
cloying result.)

Pat into a buttered cake tin and let stand in a cool place for 24
hours.  Then turn out and cut into slices.  Makes about 2 pounds.