Recipe: Perfect Mashed Potatoes [edit]

Other Names: Mashed Potatoes
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Edited by: Melissa Peterman

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Yield: 4 servings

[edit] Ingredients

3

pounds baking potatoes whole with skin

¾

cup milk - (to 1 cup)

6

tablespoons unsalted butter softened

to taste Salt

to taste Freshly-ground black pepper

[edit] Preparation

Step 1

Place potatoes in a medium pot and cover with cold water. Bring to a boil, heat to a simmer. Add a generous pinch of salt and continue to simmer until potatoes are fork tender, about 20 minutes.

Step 2

When potatoes are done, drain and return potatoes to pot to dry slightly. Run potatoes through food mill or potato ricer into pot.

Step 3

Heat milk in saucepan. Add hot milk to potatoes, over heat, until smooth. Add butter and heat until finely textured and fluffy.

[edit] About Perfect Mashed Potatoes

This recipe yields 4 servings.

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