Classic Mashed Potatoes are simple to make with everyday ingredients and so good! Smooth, creamy and full of flavor, these are the perfect mashed potatoes! Mashed potatoes are a favorite of mine. In fact, when I was a kid it was my favorite food! So believe me I have tried many recipes over the past few years trying to find the perfect mashed potato recipe to share with you all! I tried them all, trying different types of potatoes, whipping cream, half and half, sour cream, cream cheese (not a fan of that) and so much more! So many variations! Not all bad but not that was so good I wanted to blog about it. Then I came across this recipe for Classic Mashed Potatoes in the Food Network Magazine and couldn’t wait to try it! I wasn’t sure what I’d think since the recipe was so incredibly simple and used the most basic ingredients but I was amazed! It by far was the easiest and yummiest recipe for mashed potatoes I had tried yet. I am excited to finally be sharing the perfect mashed potatoes with you all!
This recipe really can’t get any easier. I didn’t even have to go grocery shopping for this. You start with russet potatoes which I love using in mashed potatoes because I always have those on hand. Peel and chop those then boil them. Next, you drain them and put them back in the pot to drain out excess moister. Then just add butter, milk a little salt and pepper, and mash and now you have the easiest and yummiest mashed potatoes ever! So creamy, smooth, buttery, and full of flavor. I couldn’t stop eating this! My kids loved it too!
Another fabulous thing is you can make these mashed potatoes a few days before you need them (like Thanksgiving!) and warm them up right before serving and they taste just as good as they did after you first make them.
Enjoy!
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Classic Mashed Potatoes
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Adapted from The Food Network Magazine 11/15
These look delicious! You can’t go wrong with Mashed Potatoes! Yum!
Thanks so much! Mashed potatoes are such a great side dish!