Recipe

Irish Potato Candy From My Mother Recipe

	Lor / All my dishes 1 year, 12 months ago These are a family favourite from my Mother's Irish roots. Prep:25m Servings:24	Lor
	easy irish sweet

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Ingredients

3/4 - 1 cup mashed potatoes,

Note: Make certain that you do not use butter, milk or salt when mashing the potatoes. I have on occasion added half a package of cream cheese to the mashed potatoes and it gives the candy a lovely texture and taste.

1/2 teaspoon almond extract (Almond extract is fairly powerful so you may want to use less, it's up to you.)

1-1/2 pounds confectioner's sugar

A dash of red or green food colouring just to give a hint of festive colour

Directions

Boil potatoes until fork tender.

Whip the potatoes really well so that there are NO lumps.

Add almond extract to the potatoes.

Next, add the sugar.

Mix enough sugar with the potatoes and almond extract until the mixture becomes thick enough to shape.

Chill the mixture for a couple of hours or overnight. This makes it easier to shape into balls.

Take enough to form a small ball, the size of a walnut.

You can roll them in "finely" chopped pecans, walnluts, cocoa powder, cinnamon, coconut or festive coloured sprinkles.

I prefer them plain but I do like a variety on my Christmas sweet plate.

Store in an air tight container preferably in the fridge or cold cellar.

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Comments

kukla 1 year, 12 months ago said:
OK! Now I have THREE of these recipes to try...(and you can bet I will eventually try them all :)
Thanks for posting this one, Lor !!

dmlwhw2 1 year, 12 months ago said:
I Had this as a child and now I will have it again, Love it, Thanks

dmajor 1 year, 4 months ago said:
Hi, my mom used to make something similar to this when I was a child. She would roll it out into a rectangle and spread peanut butter on top and then roll it up(jelly roll) refrigerate and then cut into slices. I make this every Christmas with my Special Education class. They love it!

momo_55grandma 1 year, 3 months ago said:
Great recipe thanks bunches

vegangal123 1 year, 3 months ago said:
Looks great!!!! I'll have to try them~ I don't know if I can wait til' Christmas, though!!!!
-Vegangal123

pinksquirrel 1 year, 1 month ago said:
I love trying old family recipes. I tried this but it was a bit too sweet for my tastes. If I find something similar with a non-sugar filler, I would definitely give it another try. Thanks for sharing your family's recipe.

mishi 11 months, 3 weeks ago said:
I know and love this candy because my Mum and Aunties always made it when I was growing up in Ireland. High 5

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