Best Needhams Recipes

NEEDHAMS

Steps:

• Cook the potato in water.
• While the potato is still warm,mash it and stir in the sugar and vanilla.
• Mix well and then add the coconut.
• Press mixture into a buttered pan.
• Cool and cut into squares.
• Dip the squares into melted chocolate and place on waxed paper to set.

TRADITIONAL MAINE NEEDHAMS

Steps:

• Cook potatoes unseasoned, then mash to
• make 3/4 cup.
• Combine salt, potatoes, melted butter, confectioner's sugar, flaked
• coconut and vanilla in a mixer until smooth and well blended.
• Turn into a lined jelly roll pan.Spread evenly (mixture will be very thick), then.
• place in refrigerator to harden (24 hours).
• Cut into small squares and dip in chocolate coating.
• For coating: melt paraffin and semi-sweet chocolate at the top of a double boiler.
• Turn down heat and add chocolate chips. Stir until chocolate has melted but mixture is still slightly thick. Keeping heat low to maintain melt, dip Needhams to coat. Place dipped squares on wax paper to cool. Needhams will keep very well for a long time refrigerated and will
• actually improve in flavor over a few weeks.

MAINE NEEDHAMS

Steps:

• Pare, cook, and mash potato to make three-quarters of a cup.
• Add salt.
• Using double boiler place butter in it and melt over boiling water.
• Add mashed potato, confectioners sugar, flaked coconut, and vanilla.
• Mix well and turn into a buttered jelly roll pan and spread evenly.
• Place in a cool place to harden.
• When hard, cut into small squares.
• For the dipping chocolate, again use a double boiler.
• Place paraffin in the top over boiling water to melt.
• Then add the two kinds of chocolate and allow to melt.
• Stir well to mix ingredients.
• 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).
• 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).
• Place on waxed paper to harden.
• Should make about 66 good sized needhams.
• This halves easily.

BEST NEEDHAMS

Steps:

• Pare and cook potato to make 3/4 cup mashed. Add salt.
• Use a double boiler to melt the margarine.
• Add the potato, confectioner's sugar, coconut & vanilla.
• Mix well, then turn onto a buttered jelly roll pan, spreading evenly.
• Place in a cool place to harden. When hard, cut into small squares and dip in the following chocolate mixure.
• In a double boiler, place paraffin on boiling water to melt.
• Add both types of chocolate to the pan and melt. Stir well to mix.
• Use a toothpick to dip the squares in the chocolate and put on waxed paper to harden.