Mashed Potatoes Recipe Includes a Potato Casserole Recipe or Sour Cream Recipe

A good mashed potatoes recipe is a delicious side dish to many meals. They can be prepared with only butter, cream, salt and pepper or they can be seasoned with a spice like garlic. You can add cheese or sour cream. A creamy dish of mashed potatoes can be made ahead of time and reheated by adding a little cream cheese. However you prepare them, it is always a great compliment to dinner.

MASHED POTATOES (Make ahead)

• 5 Pounds potatoes, peeled, cooked and drained


• ¼ Cup soft butter


• ½ Cup sour cream


• 8 Ounces cream


• Milk


• 2 Beaten eggs


• 1 Package dry Italian dressing seasoning

Mashed potatoes and add all ingredients except milk. Slowly add milk while beating until potatoes are whipped. Spoon mixture into a buttered casserole dish. Refrigerate until ready to heat. Heat in oven at 350F degrees for 45 minutes uncovered.

MASHED POTATOES (Cheese puff)

• 3 Cups hot mashed potatoes


• 1 Cup grated cheese


• 1 Tablespoon salt


• ¼ Teaspoon paprika


• 13 Cup cream, scalded


• 2 Eggs separated

Beat egg whites until stiff. Beat egg yolks. To hot mashed potatoes add cheese, seasonings, and cream and beaten egg yolks. Fold in beaten egg whites and pour into a buttered casserole dish. Bake at 350F degrees uncovered for 40 minutes or until puffed and brown.

For a good mashed potatoes recipe learn the different types of potatoes. For creamy mashed potatoes, use potatoes which are starchier like the Yucon gold or Russet potatoes.

For basic creamy mashed potatoes

• 2 to 2 ½ Pounds potatoes


• ¼ Pound soft butter


• Cream or whole milk, warm


• Salt/ pepper

Peel and cut potatoes into 1 ½ inch chunks.

Cover with cold water and add a teaspoon of salt.

Bring water to a boil, reduce heat and simmer until potatoes are tender when pierced with a fork.

Drain potatoes in a colander.

Place potatoes in mixing bowl and mash with potato masher.

Add soft butter and mix with electric mixer.

Add a little cream at a time while beating; add and whip until smooth and creamy.

Season with salt and pepper to taste.

NOTE: Work quickly to keep potatoes hot; must use softened butter and warm to hot cream. Also I get better results using my small hand mixer rather than my large table model. I believe it is because I can move it around more to do a better whipping job.

For more delicious recipes look below.

• How to cook baked potatoes


• How to cook sweet potatoes


• Corn recipes


• How to cook cauliflower


• Eggplant recipes

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