Mashed potato cookies

Lemon cookies made with instant mashed potatoes? Oh yes, and they're delicious! #TexasHomesteader

These Leftover Mashed Potato Peppermint Patties have only 4 ingredients and are so easy to make! Your family and friends will never know!

I don't remember how long I have had this small booklet-like cookbook. I'm sure I bought it at an estate sale though. I really like these cookbooks for Bake-Off Winners. This one was of the 19th annual Pillsbury Bake-Off Contest (1968) of 100 prize winning recipes. The interesting thing about this cookbook is it doesn't name the winners from each category. It really doesn't matter which recipes were chosen for prize money. I figure all of the recipes are good or they wouldn't have included…

The footnote on this recipe says, "The recipe for this delicious Pennsylvania Dutch cookie was passed down in the family of Kay Wunsch of H...

These soft, pillowy Sweet Potato Cookies are an ideal way to use leftover mashed sweet potatoes, but are delicious enough to have to cook sweet potatoes just to make the recipe!

A mashed potato contributes to the uniquely delicious flavor in this sinfully rich old-fashioned potato candy and hidden inside is pure creamy peanut butter.

B. Dylan Hollis on Instagram: "The secret ingredient in these chocolate cake cookies? Mashed Potato!"

Soft sugar cookies studded through with salted ruffled potato chips.

"Was I pleasantly surprised with every bite? Yes, I was. Did I enjoy the process and learn a fun kitchen hack at the same time? Heck yes."

Cold, leftover mashed potatoes may not seem very inspiring, but believe it or not, they can become the basis for a wonderfully creamy, coconut-y, chocolate-covered candy.