Free Recipe Irish Potato Candy (Without Potatoes)

Recipe Type: C Recipes
Recipe Preparation: boil
Cooking Temperature:
Recipe Serves: 24

Ingredients for Irish Potato Candy (Without Potatoes) Recipe

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1-1/2 c Sugar
1/2 c Evaporated milk
1 tb Butter
1/8 ts Cream of tartar
1/4 ts Salt
1 ts Vanilla extract
1/2 c Flaked coconut (up To 3/4)
2 ts Ground cinnamon
2 ts Cocoa
Blanched almond bits or pine

Irish Potato Candy (Without Potatoes) Preparation

Combine sugar, milk, butter, cream of tartar and salt in saucepan. Heat to boiling, stirring occasionally. cover pan. Cook syrup to 234 degrees or until a few drops form a soft ball when tested in cold water. Uncover occasionally during cooking, and stir gently to prevent scorching. Remove from heat. Let syrup stand undisturbed until lukewarm. Add vanilla. Beat syrup until creamy. Add coconut and blend. Shape candy into small pieces to resemble potatoes. Blend cinnamon and cocoa. roll candy in cinnamon mixture and coat well. Insert bits of blanched almonds or pine nuts to resemble eyes of potatoes, if desired. Makes about 2 dozen. source: a friends mother Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #798 by Laura Bettingen <labette@sprynet.com> on Sep 23, 1997

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