Showing posts with label potato candy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label potato candy. Show all posts
Saturday, December 10, 2011
I am the queen of semi-homemade cooking—yeah, I know, you thought it was Sandra Lee, but you thought wrong!
I happen to be particularly awful at baking and/or candy making—I just suck at it to be honest!
I do however, love baking cookies and making candy with my kiddos for the holidays and that’s where my semi-homemade cooking skills take center stage!
Last year I shared a few of my favorite semi-homemade holiday treats—Potato Candy (made with leftover homemade mashed potatoes) and Reindeer Chocolate Truffles (made using store bought truffles) so this year I thought I’d share another of my favorite holiday treats with all of you—Peanut Butter Blossoms…these are perfect Santa snacks!
Semi-Homemade Peanut Butter Blossoms
Yield: 2 dozen cookies
Ingredients
2 snack pack size packages Betty Crocker Peanut Butter Cookie Mix (combine according to package directions)
1/4 cup granulated or colored sugar
24 Hershey’s Kisses
1. Prepare Peanut Butter cookie dough according to package directions.
2. Roll 1 tsp. dough into balls and roll in sugar to coat.
3. Place cookies in over and bake according to package directions (I usually undercook mine because I like a chewy, as opposed to crunchy, cookie)
4. While cookies are baking unwrap Hershey’s Kisses
5. When cookies are turning slightly golden brown on the edges remove cookies from oven and immediate top each cookie with a Hershey’s Kiss.
6. ENJOY!
Happy Holidays Everyone!
I happen to be particularly awful at baking and/or candy making—I just suck at it to be honest!
I do however, love baking cookies and making candy with my kiddos for the holidays and that’s where my semi-homemade cooking skills take center stage!
Last year I shared a few of my favorite semi-homemade holiday treats—Potato Candy (made with leftover homemade mashed potatoes) and Reindeer Chocolate Truffles (made using store bought truffles) so this year I thought I’d share another of my favorite holiday treats with all of you—Peanut Butter Blossoms…these are perfect Santa snacks!
Semi-Homemade Peanut Butter Blossoms
Yield: 2 dozen cookies
Ingredients
2 snack pack size packages Betty Crocker Peanut Butter Cookie Mix (combine according to package directions)
1/4 cup granulated or colored sugar
24 Hershey’s Kisses
1. Prepare Peanut Butter cookie dough according to package directions.
2. Roll 1 tsp. dough into balls and roll in sugar to coat.
3. Place cookies in over and bake according to package directions (I usually undercook mine because I like a chewy, as opposed to crunchy, cookie)
4. While cookies are baking unwrap Hershey’s Kisses
5. When cookies are turning slightly golden brown on the edges remove cookies from oven and immediate top each cookie with a Hershey’s Kiss.
6. ENJOY!
Happy Holidays Everyone!
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Tomorrow is Christmas Eve, is everyone as excited as I am? Since Santa comes tomorrow night I thought I would share with you 2 different, easy, and awesome goodies that your kids can help you make for Santa...cause come on Santa gets tired of cookies after a while ya know!
First up is a candy that I've made with my kids so many times, it's unique, SO yummy, and super easy!
Ingredients
1/4 cup potatoes (leftover and instant will both work, but real potatoes do taste better)
5 cups confectioners sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
peanut butter
Directions
Mash potatoes (do not add butter, salt, or milk), add vanilla, and confectioners sugar at least 5 cups, but keep adding until stiff dough is formed (please note that it will take a lot of confectioners sugar to form a stiff dough, at one point potato mixture WILL seem to liquefy this IS normal, just keep adding confectioners sugar until mixture comes back together).
Once dough has formed place confectioners sugar on your rolling surface (I have a marble island that works perfectly for this, but you can use waxed paper on your counter) and begin rolling dough, roll until 1/8 inch thick. Spread a layer of peanut butter onto the dough (I suggest that you use a moderate amount of peanut butter...too much and the peanut butter oozes out the sides, not enough and the ratio of dough to peanut butter is off). Roll up like a jelly roll, wrap with waxed paper or plastic wrap, and refrigerate overnight. Cut into single serve pieces and enjoy. Leftover peices can be stored between layers of plastic wrap in the refridgerator.
I made these on Thanksgiving with the kids and again for Christmas...they are so yummy, but very addictive and rich so eat in moderation. I also took step-by-step photos of us making this candy, but my daughter spilled soda on my laptop and the photos are forever gone (well at least until someone can figure out how to access them) so the photo is not mine, I just wanted to show you what they look like when finished.
Alright next up is an adorable candy that my cousin Tiffany made for my kids a few days ago, the kids LOVED them and they are so cute and yummy that they would make the perfect treat for Santa this Christmas Eve! Tiff made a How-To video to show you how it was done...enjoy! Oh and go to 1:04 to get started on the How-To Video! You can check out all of Tiffany's videos on her YouTube Channel!
Ingredients
M&M Mini's
White Chocolate Morsels
Hershey's Chocolate bar
Lindt Lindor Truffles
Mini Pretzels
Mini baking cups
Scissors
Ziploc Baggies
First up is a candy that I've made with my kids so many times, it's unique, SO yummy, and super easy!
Potato Candy
Photo Credit: Country Candy Kitchen
YES, it's made with leftover mashed potatoes and it's delicious!
Ingredients
1/4 cup potatoes (leftover and instant will both work, but real potatoes do taste better)
5 cups confectioners sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
peanut butter
Directions
Mash potatoes (do not add butter, salt, or milk), add vanilla, and confectioners sugar at least 5 cups, but keep adding until stiff dough is formed (please note that it will take a lot of confectioners sugar to form a stiff dough, at one point potato mixture WILL seem to liquefy this IS normal, just keep adding confectioners sugar until mixture comes back together).
Once dough has formed place confectioners sugar on your rolling surface (I have a marble island that works perfectly for this, but you can use waxed paper on your counter) and begin rolling dough, roll until 1/8 inch thick. Spread a layer of peanut butter onto the dough (I suggest that you use a moderate amount of peanut butter...too much and the peanut butter oozes out the sides, not enough and the ratio of dough to peanut butter is off). Roll up like a jelly roll, wrap with waxed paper or plastic wrap, and refrigerate overnight. Cut into single serve pieces and enjoy. Leftover peices can be stored between layers of plastic wrap in the refridgerator.
I made these on Thanksgiving with the kids and again for Christmas...they are so yummy, but very addictive and rich so eat in moderation. I also took step-by-step photos of us making this candy, but my daughter spilled soda on my laptop and the photos are forever gone (well at least until someone can figure out how to access them) so the photo is not mine, I just wanted to show you what they look like when finished.
Adorable Truffle Reindeer
Ingredients
M&M Mini's
White Chocolate Morsels
Hershey's Chocolate bar
Lindt Lindor Truffles
Mini Pretzels
Mini baking cups
Scissors
Ziploc Baggies
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