SWEET POTATO CANDY

SWEET POTATO CANDY

• 1 small sweet potato
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1½ to 2 pounds confectioners' sugar
• ½ cup creamy peanut butter

Pierce the sweet potato with a fork and cook in a microwave oven on high until very tender, 5 to 7 minutes. Let cool completely. Remove the skin. With a potato masher or in bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, mash the potato until very smooth. Stir in the vanilla. Gradually add the confectioners’ sugar, 1 cup at a time, mixing until soft, slightly sticky dough forms. (It will be the consistency of cookie dough.)Place the dough in between 2 layers of waxed paper dusted with additional confectioners’ sugar. Roll the dough into a 9- x 12-inch rectangle about ¼-inch thick; spread the dough with the peanut butter. Starting at a long side of the rectangle, roll the dough into a log using the waxed paper to shape it. If the dough begins to stick the to paper, place in refrigerator for 5 minutes. Wrap the dough in waxed paper and refrigerate for at least 2 hours. Slice into ¼-inch-thick pieces. Serve.Store in an airtight container for up to to 3 days.Tip: Microwave the peanut butter for 30 seconds to help make it more spreadable.