Creamy Mashed Potatoes

Name: Creamy Mashed Potatoes
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 lb Russet potatoes; 4 tbsp (½ stick) Butter; ½ cup Milk; 1 tsp Salt; to taste Black pepper

Mashed potatoes worth making properly. Russets simmer until a fork slides through, then sit in the hot pot for a minute to dry out. They get mashed with butter and warm milk, warm because cold milk makes them gluey. Thirty minutes. They go with almost every main in the library, and extra butter goes on the table.

30 minServes 6 as writtenStovetopAmericanContains Milk

Creamy Mashed Potatoes, as the finished dish — The photo is an illustration of the finished dish, not a photograph of this recipe as written.

Ingredients — serves 6

Russet potatoes2 lb
Butter4 tbsp (½ stick)
Milk½ cup
Salt1 tsp
Black pepperto taste

How much to make for 2, 4, 6 or 8

Ingredient	For 2	For 4	For 6	For 8
Russet potatoes	¾ lb	1¼ lb	2 lb	2¾ lb
Butter	1½ tbsp	2½ tbsp	4 tbsp (½ stick)	5½ tbsp
Milk	2½ tbsp	¼ cup	½ cup	¾ cup
Salt	¼ tsp	¾ tsp	1 tsp	1¼ tsp
Black pepper	to taste	to taste	to taste	to taste
The pan	Written for 6 adult-size portions; you are cooking for about 2 — roughly 0.3× the recipe. Less than the recipe assumes — the same pot works; the water boils sooner, and the cooking time is the same.	—	—	—

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Steps

Peel the russet potatoes and cut them into even 2-inch chunks so they finish cooking at the same time.
Put the potatoes in a large pot, cover them with cold water by an inch and add the salt. Bring to a boil over high heat, then turn the heat down to medium and simmer for 15 to 18 minutes. Check that a fork slides into a chunk with no resistance.
Drain the potatoes and let them sit in the hot pot, off the heat, for 1 minute so the steam dries them out — this is what keeps them from going watery.
Warm the milk in the microwave for about 30 seconds. Add the butter and the warm milk to the potatoes and mash until smooth. Cold milk makes them gluey, so do not skip the warming.
Season with black pepper, taste for salt, and serve with extra butter for the table.

Good to know

Contains Milk — from the ingredient names, so not a complete list. It cannot see inside a jar, a mix or a sauce, and formulas change. For an allergy or intolerance, read the package every time — never decide from this line.