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Dad’s Creamy Mashed Potatoes

December 8, 2016 by 918 Plate 8 Comments

My dad’s creamy mashed potatoes are simple but different – completely smooth and packed with lots of dairy to give them a super creamy texture!

My dad’s mashed potatoes are simple but different - completely smooth and packed with lots of dairy to give them a super creamy texture!

Since I didn’t go to see my parents for Thanksgiving, I am coming up on a year without my dad’s mashed potatoes in my life. While I was writing my last post about my family’s food traditions, I started getting nostalgic and realized that I needed some in my life soon. I called up Dad to get the deets. He also had some opinions on the naming conventions, but I convinced him that nobody would be able to find the recipe if we named them “Natester’s Potatoes.”

Here’s the skinny on Natester’s potatoes: they ain’t skinny. They’ve got alllllll the dairy. The secret that sets these mashed potatoes apart from the mashed potatoes that you know and love is all about the consistency. These are the opposite of thick and chunky – smooth and nearly soupy, these potatoes would be perfect for a wisdom teeth recovery. They typically rely on butter, milk and sour cream and a whisk attachment on the standing mixer to create the ideal creamy potato texture.

My dad’s mashed potatoes are simple but different - completely smooth and packed with lots of dairy to give them a super creamy texture!

In an effort to at least make these a teeny bit lighter, I used Greek yogurt in place of sour cream. I have really loved the yogurt substitution for sour cream. I’ve been using it almost exclusively for over a year now!

Cooking tips: Cut the butter into chunks and place it in the bottom of the stand mixer with the yogurt. Then put the potatoes on top so that the butter can soften. Start on a slow speed and eventually beat them on a high speed. They shouldn’t become gummy as long as they aren’t overcooked! The potatoes are everything. Yukon golds are the caviar of the potato world – always the best.

Local Spotlight: Still cranking through my dairy from my previous post – local butter! To kick it up a notch, I also used LOMAH milk, my favorite local raw milk dairy from the farmers market.

Good luck with creating mashed potatoes to remember! As always, let me know if you need anything!

What’s special about your mashed potatoes?

xxHillary

My dad’s mashed potatoes are simple but different - completely smooth and packed with lots of dairy to give them a super creamy texture!
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Dad's Creamy Mashed Potatoes

Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Servings 4 -5
Author 918 Plate

Ingredients

  • 2 t. sea salt
  • 2 lbs. Yukon gold potatoes
  • 1 C. local whole milk
  • 1/2 t. black pepper
  • 6 T. butter
  • 1/3 C. full fat Greek yogurt

Instructions

  1. Peel potatoes and cut them into quarters or sixths. Place them in a pot.
  2. Sprinkle 1 t. salt over potatoes and then cover with 1 inch of water.
  3. Bring potatoes and salt to a boil, cooking until potatoes break apart when poked with a fork (about 20 minutes).
  4. Chop stick of butter into smaller pieces, and place butter and yogurt into the bottom of a stand mixer bowl.
  5. Drain potatoes and put them in the bowl on top of butter and yogurt.
  6. Using the whisk attachment, mix potatoes on on low at first, and slowly increase to power 4-5, until well combined.
  7. Stir in milk gradually on low speed until well combined. Then speed up the mixer to beat the potatoes until smooth.
  8. Add 1 t. salt and pepper to taste.

 

My dad’s mashed potatoes are simple but different - completely smooth and packed with lots of dairy to give them a super creamy texture!

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Comments

  1. Sarah @ Champagne Tastes says

    December 8, 2016 at 8:33 am

    5 stars
    My mom makes her mashed potatoes like this too! I’m kind of lazy, so my potatoes are usually chunky.. but if I’m feeling a little ambitious, a little more whipping and more dairy is DELICIOUS! (As if it’s really more work to use an electric mixer instead of mashing by hand.. it’s all in my head. Lol)

    Reply
    • 918 Plate says

      December 8, 2016 at 8:56 am

      My mixer is on the top of my fridge, so it kind of is some work….hahahaha

      Reply
  2. Sue says

    December 8, 2016 at 11:14 am

    Hilary….do you have an electric pressure? Cooking potatoes is so fast and easy!! I’m loving mine!

    Reply
    • Sue says

      December 8, 2016 at 11:15 am

      Sorry….Hillary! Hate misspelling names!?

      Reply
      • 918 Plate says

        December 8, 2016 at 11:18 am

        Don’t worry about it 🙂

        Reply
    • 918 Plate says

      December 8, 2016 at 11:18 am

      I do not!!! But I’ve heard some great things about them!

      Reply
  3. Catherine says

    January 22, 2017 at 7:22 am

    Why not Natester’s Potaters? Get it rhyming?

    Im hoping for a mixer as a wedding gift and you can bet that mashed potatoes will arrive as a result.

    Reply
    • 918 Plate says

      January 22, 2017 at 3:28 pm

      Don’t encourage…..haahha

      Reply

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