Best 7 Grandmas Pinwheel Candy Recipes

GRANDMA'S POTATO CANDY

Steps:

• Place the cooled mashed potatoes into a large bowl. Add the butter and beat with an electric hand mixer until smooth. Add the vanilla and stir in until combined.
• Slowly add in the powdered sugar 1 cup at a time, fully mixing in the first cup before adding the next. How much you use depends on how watery your mashed potato is as well as humidity, etc.
• You want the consistency to be like cookie dough that you can roll out. When you put a little bit in your fingers you should be able to press and mold it together.
• In this step, you have to work pretty quickly because it can dry out. Layout a large piece of wax or parchment paper, dust it generously with powdered sugar. Place the potato mixture on the paper, add a generous amount of powdered sugar on top.
• Roll it out to ¼ inch thick. Try to get this into a rectangle shape as well as you can.
• Smear the peanut butter all over the top leaving a half-inch border.
• Tightly roll into a long log. Place on a piece of plastic wrap and roll the log up and tuck the ends under. Place in the refrigerator for 10 minutes to set.
• Unwrap on a cutting board and cut into ¼-½ inch slices to serve.

PEANUT BUTTER PINWHEEL CANDY

Steps:

• With electric mixer, combine mashed potatoes, butter, and 1 cup sugar.
• Add in remaining sugar, 1 cup at a time. Start by adding 6 cups of powdered sugar, if the dough is not moldable in your hands and can't be rolled into a ball, continue to add sugar until it is firm.
• Stir in vanilla.
• Refrigerate filling for 1 hour.
• Once chilled, divide dough into two pieces and place one piece on a clean surface that you've generously dusted with powdered sugar. Dust the surface of the dough with additional sugar, and use a rolling pin to roll dough out into a rectangle about 1/4" thick. Make sure that your dough can be rolled at this point, if it's too sticky or falling apart, you may need to add more sugar, re-shape it into a ball, and start over.
• Once dough has been rolled into a 1/4" rectangle, spread evenly with peanut butter, leaving a small amount of space peanut butter-free around the perimeter of the dough.
• Starting with the longer side of your rectangle, gently but tightly roll into a lot.
• Use a knife to slice into pieces about 1/2" thick.
• Repeat steps 5-8 with remaining half of dough.
• Serve and enjoy.

PEANUT BUTTER PINWHEELS

Steps:

• In mixing bowl, combine 16 oz of powdered sugar, butter, milk, and vanilla. The mixture will become stiff and dough-like
• Pop in the fridge and let chill for a few minutes to help prevent sticking.
• Divide dough into 2 balls, and roll each ball out to pie crust thickness. Roll onto parchment paper dusted with powdered sugar to help aid in the rolling.
• Heat peanut butter until runny and easily spreadable- not too hot- and spread evenly over rolled dough.
• Roll dough into a log (you may have to sprinkle a little more powdered sugar on it as you go to help with stickiness).
• Chill 1 hour and slice into 1/4" pinwheels- keep refrigerated.

PINWHEELS 3 WAYS

Steps:

• For the base spread and tortillas: Mix together the cream cheese and pesto until well combined. Lay out the spinach, whole wheat and jalapeno-Cheddar tortillas and divide the cream cheese mixture among them. Using a spoon or offset spatula, spread the mixture all the way to the edges of each tortilla.
• For the veggie pinwheels: Evenly distribute the spinach over the top of the base spread on the spinach tortillas. Arrange the artichokes, green olives and sun-dried tomatoes over the spinach. Roll up the tortillas tightly and individually wrap in plastic. Set aside.
• For the meaty pinwheels: Shingle the cheese, pepperoni, salami and capicola onto the base spread on the whole wheat tortillas, slightly favoring one side. Roll up the tortillas tightly and individually wrap in plastic. Set aside.
• For the spicy pinwheels: Divide the pepper jack between the jalapeno-Cheddar tortillas topped with the base spread. Divide the arugula, sliced peppers and chopped cherry peppers between the tortillas. Roll up the tortillas tightly and individually wrap in plastic. Refrigerate the rolled tortillas for at least 2 hours and up to 12 hours.
• Unwrap and slice each tortilla into 1-inch segments/pinwheels. Arrange on a platter and serve.

GRANDMA'S PINWHEEL CANDY

Steps:

• Mix all but peanut butter together.
• (add more milk/ or sugar if you need. Should be like a doughy ball, but not real sticky).
• On wax paper, sprinkle some of the sugar on it to help if from sticking, and roll out mixture. Make it as square as possible.( I roll mine out sort thin, but again this depends on your preference).
• Smooth on peanut butter to desired thickness.
• Start on oneside, and begin rolling it up. (It will look like a large log) Put sugar on your hands and keep putting on 'log' as you roll it up to help make it easier.
• Take the 'log', and roll it up in wax paper, and then a kitchen hand towel (to help keep shape) and chill in the fridge (or freezer if you are in a hurry)The colder- the easier to slice.
• Once cold, slice as desired thickness.
• (put wax paper in between layers when stacking so the pieces don't stick together).
• Keep refridgerated until time to serve.

PEANUT BUTTER POTATO CANDY

Steps:

• Combine mashed potatoes, milk, vanilla extract, and salt in a bowl.
• Stir confectioners' sugar into potato mixture until a dough consistency is reached. Refrigerate dough until chilled, about 1 hour.
• Sprinkle confectioners' sugar on a cutting board or waxed paper.
• Roll dough into a large rectangular shape on prepared surface.
• Spread enough peanut butter on top layer of dough to cover.
• Roll dough into a jelly roll shape; refrigerate roll for 1 hour. Slice dough into pinwheels to serve.

PINWHEEL MINTS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat cream cheese and extract until smooth. Gradually beat in as much confectioners' sugar as possible., Turn onto a work surface dusted with confectioners' sugar; knead in remaining confectioners' sugar until smooth and sugar is absorbed (mixture will be stiff). Divide mixture in half. Using food coloring, tint one portion pink and the other portion light green, kneading until blended., Divide each portion in half; shape each half into a 10-in. log to make two pink logs and two green logs. Place one log on a 12-in. piece of waxed paper lightly dusted with confectioners' sugar. Flatten log slightly; cover with a second piece of waxed paper. Roll out candy mixture into a 12-in. x 5-in. rectangle. Repeat with remaining logs., Remove top sheet of waxed paper from one pink and one green rectangle. Place one rectangle over the other. Roll up jelly-roll style, starting with a long side. Wrap in waxed paper; twist ends. Repeat with remaining rectangles. Chill overnight., To serve, cut candy into 1/2-in. slices. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 1 week.