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     Title: Irish potato candy (without potatoes)
Categories: Candies
     Yield: 24 servings

 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  To 3/4 cup flaked coconut; c
     2 ts Ground cinnamon
     2 ts Cocoa
          Blanched almond bits or pine

 Recipe by: Jacqueline Bernhart/Pittsburgh P.G.
    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 g
    Let syrup stand undisturbed until lukewarm.  Add vanilla.  Beat
 syrup until creamy.  Add coconut and blend.  Shape candy into small
 pieces
    Blend cinnamon and cocoa.  roll candy in cinnamon mixture and coat
 well. Insert bits of blanched almonds or pine nuts to resemble eyes
 of pot

 Per piece:  68 calories, 1.4 g fat, 18%CFF.

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