old fashioned potato candy

How To Make old fashioned potato candy

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  Gather ingredients. Clean potato (leave skin on), and place in a small saucepan with water. Bring to a boil & cook until done.
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  When potato is done, a fork can go through easily, remove from water. Allow to sit for 5 minutes, then take a paring knife and peel skin off & discard. It will come off easily.
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  Mash potato with a potato masher. Add in vanilla and mix it through well.
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  Add half the powdered sugar, one pound, and mix thoroughly. I use a fork to do this. When powdered sugar is mixed in well, slowly add remaining powdered sugar mixing thoroughly. I add about 1-2 cups at a time. Dough will get firm and difficult to mix with a fork, so I use my hands at this point.
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  When you've mixed all the powdered sugar in and you have a nice ball of dough. Turn it out onto a board dusted with powdered sugar. Roll out to a 18x12 square... roughly. It doesn't have to be perfect. *** I use wax paper to roll my dough. One under dough dusted with powdered sugar and one above. Roll out to desired length and width.
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  Once rolled out, spread peanut butter evenly across dough. You can use more or less depending on your taste. Crunchy peanut butter is pretty fabulous as a filling as well.
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  Once peanut butter is spread on, roll dough, lengthwise like a jelly roll. Wrap in wax paper and place in refrigerator for two hours until set.
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  Remove from the refrigerator, and slice in 1/2 inch pieces. When I serve this for the Holidays, I drizzle with melted chocolate.
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