Old fashioned potato pinwheel candy
Old fashioned potato pinwheel candy

Hey everyone, it is Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, old fashioned potato pinwheel candy. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Old fashioned potato pinwheel candy is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. Old fashioned potato pinwheel candy is something which I have loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.

These peanut butter pinwheels are my great grandmother's version of the old fashioned potato candy–minus the potatoes that are found in many traditional variations of the recipe. Up until a few years ago, we didn't have the recipe in writing. It is one that my mother and my great grandmother.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have old fashioned potato pinwheel candy using 4 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Old fashioned potato pinwheel candy:
  1. Make ready 1 medium size potato, should be 3/4 cup.
  2. Make ready 4 1/2 cup powder sugar
  3. Take 1 jar (16 oz) crunchy peanut butter
  4. Get 1 tsp almond extract

It's called potato candy, because it's made with mashed potatoes. It might sound weird if you have never tried it, but believe me, it works. Although many people confuse the two. The main ingredients for this old fashioned candy are mashed potato and confectioners sugar.

Instructions to make Old fashioned potato pinwheel candy:
  1. Microwave the potatoes till tender that you can stick a fork through it.let cool for 13 minutes.peel and mash.you want the potato on the lukewarm side to mix sugar in.
  2. Using a mixer, add sugar one cup a time, it will turn to liquid keep adding sugar till firm dough. Now on wax paper, sprinkle powder sugar on paper..half the dough, put one half on paper, spread on with rolling pin in to a square .i used a cookie sheet to help shap the dough.. NOTE YOU MAY NEED TO ADD SUGAR OR Minus some sugar. Depends on how warm that POTATO is.
  3. Now spread peanut butter even on top of dough, thick layer. Cut in half long way.
  4. Leave both pieces on paper, on one side roll dough in to pin wheels .
  5. Repeat next half of dough. and do this again with remaining dough. When done place in refrigerator for 4 hours. After the 4 hours or over night. Cut into slices, about 1/2 inch thick. should make around 3 1/2 dozen or more.
  6. Ready to eat, this can be sweet. but oh so good. enjoy old fashioned candy
  7. Make sure the potatoe is 3/4 cup

You can use any flavor you want and even add peanuts, coconut, chocolate, maraschino cherries and wrap dough around them. In a mixing bowl combine the potato, salt, and vanilla. Our Old Fashioned Potato Candy will melt in your mouth! This is an old fashioned candy recipe that I've received a lot of requests for. Mama said her Mama Reed used to make it around the holidays for all the kids.

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