Maine Needhams

Step 1

Pare, cook, and mash potato to make three-quarters of a cup.

Step 2

Add salt.

Step 3

Using double boiler place butter in it and melt over boiling water.

Step 4

Add mashed potato, confectioners sugar, flaked coconut, and vanilla.

Step 5

Mix well and turn into a buttered jelly roll pan and spread evenly.

Step 6

Place in a cool place to harden.

Step 7

When hard, cut into small squares.

Step 8

For the dipping chocolate, again use a double boiler.

Step 9

Place paraffin in the top over boiling water to melt.

Step 10

Then add the two kinds of chocolate and allow to melt.

Step 11

Stir well to mix ingredients.

Step 12

Dip in the chocolate mixture (with a fork, toothpick, or cake tester--I use a fork and put the square on top of the tines and dip it, letting the excess chocolate drip off before I lay it on the waxed paper).

Step 13

Hold each square over the chocolate mixture after dipping so the square drains well (I usually will have to reheat the chocolate inbetween dippings so it is nice and thin and drips of easily).

Step 14

Place on waxed paper to harden.

Step 15

Should make about 66 good sized needhams.

Step 16

This halves easily.