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How to Make Mashed Potatoes:
Classic Mashed Potatoes Recipe

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This is a classic mashed potatoes recipe.

Mashed potatoes must be the ultimate comfort food for most of us.

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Ingredients:
6 medium potatoes

large pot of salted water
1/4 to 1/3 cup hot milk
2 tablespoons butter
1/2 teaspoon salt or amount to suit your taste
pepper to suit your taste

Directions:
Peel potatoes and cut into chunks about 2 inches in size. Place in large pot of salted water (at least 1 teaspoon of salt in the water) and boil 15 minutes or until potatoes break easily when pierced with a fork.

Drain potatoes well but leave them in the pot.

Add hot milk, beginning with the smaller amount. Add butter. Mash with potato masher and add more milk, butter, salt and pepper if necessary to suit your taste.

Makes 6 servings.


Cooking Tips
Tips and Variations:
  • Warming the milk before you add it to the potatoes is best as it results in a very creamy potato. To make life easy, what I sometimes do is add the milk to the drained potatoes in the pot, let it warm on the hot stove, then add the butter and mash.
  • To make a herbed mashed potatoes recipe add a few tablespoons of your favorite chopped fresh herbs after the potatoes are mashed. Finely chopped chives are delicious. Basil, parsley or finely chopped thyme work well too.






Nutritional Analysis Per Serving

Calories 186; Calories from Fat 38; Total Fat 4.2g; Saturated Fat 2.6g; Cholesterol 11mg; Sodium 238mg; Total Carbohydrates 33.9g; Dietary Fiber 5.1g; Sugars 3.0g; Protein 4.0g; Vitamin A 3%; Vitamin C 70%; Calcium 3%; Iron 6%

(Percentages based on a 2000 calorie per day diet)


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Did You Know?...

Pair it with one of our easy meatloaf recipes for a delicious comfort food dinner that will take you back in time.

I don't know about you, but when I think meatloaf, I automatically think mashed potatoes.

This recipe will please even the pickiest eater.



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Variation: Instead of milk add 1/4 cup of sour cream. This makes a very creamy rich tasting mashed potato....

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a good twist is nutmeg, just half a tsp...

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i'm not from north america but i have been living here since i was 1 year old so i know the culture but not there cooking.i have a dinner party coming...

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very nice ...

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Awesome...thanks for the tips. I just made my first mashed potatoes and they were delicious. : )...

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taste very nice and suits my expectations...


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