Old-Fashioned Homemade Mashed Potatoes
Get ready for the best mashed potatoes of your life! This easy, mixer-friendly recipe delivers creamy, fluffy spuds that'll steal the show at any meal.
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Ingredients
- 3 pounds potatoes Yukon gold or Russet are great picks
- ¼ cup whole milk or heavy cream
- ½ cup butter sliced
- 1 teaspoon salt to taste
- 1 teaspoon black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Peel and cut potatoes into cubes. It is important to keep all of the cubes approximately the same size so that the cooking time is uniform. If using a thin skinned potato you can omit the peeling.3 pounds potatoes
- Place potatoes in a pot of cold water adding salt (approximately ½ teaspoon). Bring water to a simmer and continue to simmer until a fork can go easily in and out of the potatoes, approximately 20 minutes.
- Drain potatoes in a colander.
- Add potatoes, sliced butter, milk, and salt and pepper to the mixer bowl.¼ cup whole milk, ½ cup butter, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon black pepper
- Start on low and increase speed to medium beating for approximately 1 minute until the potatoes are creamy.
As with any of my recipes, calorie counts and nutritional information varies greatly depending on which products you choose to use when cooking this dish.
Nutrition
Calories: 107kcal | Carbohydrates: 1g | Protein: 0.4g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.5g | Cholesterol: 31mg | Sodium: 385mg | Potassium: 18mg | Fiber: 0.1g | Sugar: 0.4g | Vitamin A: 368IU | Calcium: 14mg | Iron: 0.03mg
Servings: 8 servings
Calories: 107kcal
Cost: $6.00