Creamy Mashed Potatoes

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Ingredients

Makes:

One serving size is 6 to 8 ounces.

A 5 pound bag of potatoes would make about 10 servings. Use this as a guide to calculate how many pounds to do.

A medium size potato is 5 to 7 ounces, of course depending on the size.

For 10 servings

10 medium size potatoes

1/4 butter

1/8 cup cream or whole milk

1 teaspoon salt

Directions

1. Start with peeling the potatoes. Cut off any black spots or bruises.

2. Cut the potatoes into even size pieces. They will cook more at the same rate of time if the sizes are similar. We quartered and halved our medium sized potatoes in this recipe.

3. Put them into a bowl and wash the ready potatoes with cold water.

4. To cook potatoes for mashed you start with cold water.

5. Transfer the potatoes to your cooking pot and put enough cold water to just cover the potatoes.

6. Add one teaspoon of salt.

7. Bring the water to a boil then set the timer for 20 minutes. If you cut the potatoes into really small pieces the time will be shorter.

8. Do a test by poking with a fork at about the 15 minute mark. You will easily be able to pierce the potato with a fork when they are cooked through.

9. Don't overcook as they will be very mushy.

10. Drain the water.

11. You could do the mashing in the cooking pot or transfer to a large bowl.

12. Do the mashing while the potatoes are still hot.

13. Add the butter. We used 1/4 cup butter for 10 potatoes.

14. Add the cream or milk. We use 1/8 cup for 10 potatoes and it was very creamy.

15. Using a hand immersion blender mash the potatoes together with the butter and cream. NOTE - if you use a blender, go easy, so you don't make the potatoes sticky or gummy.

16. The potatoes will be fluffier if you use a potato masher.

17. Do a taste test and season with salt and pepper to your liking.

Tip: We like the look of the black pepper, but if you prefer not to see the pepper you could use a white pepper instead.

18. Transfer to a serving dish and serve if using right away.

These potatoes are delicious in our Shepherd's Pie although we used Creamy Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes Recipe in the recipe.

ENJOY!

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