slow cooker mashed potatoes, sandy's

8 Pinches
Middletown, OH
Updated on Feb 21, 2018

My mother in law made these for the holidays so that she had the oven free for the main dish...they were amazingly good. I am thinking that adding garlic to make garlic mashed, or bacon and cheese would make wonderful loaded mashed!

prep time
cook time
method Slow Cooker Crock Pot
yield 8 serving(s)

Ingredients

  • 5 pounds medium russet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1" chunks
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 12 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into 1/2" cubes
  • - kosher salt and fresh ground black pepper
  • 1 1/2-2 cups milk, warm

How To Make slow cooker mashed potatoes, sandy's

  • Step 1
    Toss potatoes, butter, 1 T salt and 1/2 t pepper in 6 qt crockpot. Add 1 c water (or chicken broth), cover and cook on high about 4 hours, until potatoes are tender (potatoes may have burned lightly in spots but that is ok). Remove lid, add sour cream and 1 1/2 c warm milk. Mash until mostly smooth. If they need thinned out, stir in remaining milk. Season to taste.
  • Step 2
    Add in Ideas: 1. add garlic 1/2 way through cooking (the minced version) 2. add minced green onions at end of cooking and heat through (sour cream and onion mashed) 3. add a bag of cooked bacon (like in salad section, the soft kind) and cheese at the end of cooking and heat through, or top individual servings.

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Category: Potatoes
Culture: American
Ingredient: Potatoes

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