Baked Tacky Mashed Potatoes – Cookies and Cups

My simple, baked, Tacky Mashed Potatoes would be the aspect dish hit of your dinner or vacation desk. Creamy, wealthy, and ideal to make forward, this mashed potato recipe is at all times requested and everybody’s favourite! 

Make certain to take a look at my Slow Cooker Mashed Potato Recipe too!

Why Are These Tacky Mashed Potatoes Are Our Favourite Aspect Dish?

• A lot taste! These mashed potatoes are unbelievably creamy and flavorful. I eat these as a aspect dish and even topped with rooster nuggets, corn and a few gravy for a mashed potato bowl!
• Two sorts of cheese! You employ cream cheese within the potatoes together with grated cheddar cheese, plus extra cheddar on high in order that they’re additional tacky! 
• Straightforward to make forward! The beauty of these mashed potatoes are they’re versatile. You may make them and luxuriate in instantly, however you may as well make them forward and pop them within the oven if you’re able to serve, which is a implausible choice for holidays or entertaining.  

What Sort Of Potatoes Are Greatest For Mashed Potatoes?

• Russet Potatoes. I usually use russet as a result of they at all times produce good outcomes! They’re extra starchy and provide the creamiest mashed potatoes. Russet potatoes take in the butter and milk properly making the silkiest texture, and the smoothest mashed potatoes ever.
• The subsequent most suitable choice are Yukon Gold. They’re barely extra waxy (however not as waxy as Pink) and will provide you with a pleasant taste. You might need a number of extra lumps with gold potatoes, so after I use these, I at all times run them by way of my ricer.
• Keep away from Pink Bliss potatoes when making creamy mashed potatoes, as they’re essentially the most waxy, depart essentially the most lumps, and don’t take up your add-ins as properly. Nevertheless, should you desire extra of a “country-style” or rustic mashed potato that has extra lumps, with the pores and skin left on, mashed solely by hand, purple will work.

What Sorts of Cheese Do You Use?

For this tacky mashed potato recipe I take advantage of a mixture of cream cheese and delicate or sharp cheddar cheese. I discover these cheeses soften superbly and provides the potatoes a gentle tacky taste. Should you’re in search of a cheese that can add extra taste strive these:

• Asiago
• Gouda
• Gruyere
• Provolone
• Taleggio
• Parmesan Cheese

OR you possibly can mix a number of completely different cheeses to provide you with your personal mix. However I don’t suggest skipping the cream cheese, as that provides richness and creaminess with out including a ton of taste.

How To Make the Greatest Mashed Potatoes

Discover the total and printable recipe on the backside of this put up!

Peel your potatoes and lower them up into chunks. I often quarter the potatoes relying on the scale, Simply be certain the chunks are the identical measurement in order that they boil evenly! As soon as they’re fork tender drain them rather well!

Place all of your potatoes right into a bowl and mash them up! You need to use an electrical hand mixer, a stand mixer, a potato masher, and even use a potato ricer. As soon as they’re all mashed stir in your butter, cream cheese, bitter cream, seasonings, egg, and among the cheddar cheese. The heat of the potatoes will soften the cheeses.

Now you possibly can cease there and luxuriate in instantly, OR you possibly can unfold the potatoes right into a greased casserole dish and high with extra cheddar cheese and bake! Baking the potatoes will get them tremendous heat and melty, melts that additional cheese on high, and brings all of it collectively! Plus, this technique is nice for making them forward! Sprinkle them with bacon, chives, inexperienced onions, or parsley for taste and presentation!

TIPS

I’ve a number of tricks to share to make sure good outcomes each time! 

• I’ve transitioned into utilizing a potato ricer each time I make mashed potatoes. I really feel prefer it produces the silkiest and creamiest outcomes, however it completely isn’t essential. Should you do select to make use of a ricer, you have to peel your potatoes. So should you desire mashed potatoes with the skins, use a hand masher or a mixer!
• Make certain all of your add-ins are room temp! Utilizing room temperature cream cheese could be very key, as a result of if it’s chilly you’ll find yourself with lumps of cream cheese all through your potatoes. All the pieces at room temp means the creamiest and smoothest potatoes!
• Use recent grated cheese. I do know it’s tempting to purchase the pre-grated, recent grated melts greatest and makes your potatoes clean and silky.

Can You Make These Potatoes Forward?

Completely. That’s the good half about this recipe. You may make it and serve straight away, OR you can also make it hours forward, and bake earlier than serving. It’s what makes this recipe so nice for holidays and entertaining.

Do You Have To Bake Them?

You don’t! Baking permits the additional cheese on high to soften, whereas giving the flavors an opportunity to mix and meld. However they’re completely wonderful with out being baked!

Can You Freeze Mashed Potatoes?

Yep! Make the potatoes up till the step the place you bake them. Enable them to chill and canopy them with plastic wrap, after which once more with foil. Freeze for as much as 30 days.

To prepare dinner from frozen: Enable the potatoes to thaw out within the fridge earlier than baking. After which pull them out of the fridge 20 – half-hour earlier than baking to take the coolness off.

Identical works for leftovers

Retailer any leftover mashed potatoes in an hermetic container and refrigerate for as much as 5 days or freeze utilizing the steps above.

What Can You Serve These Baked Mashed Potatoes With?

Mashed potatoes are an important aspect dish and go together with tons of meals from on a regular basis dinners to your  Thanksgiving desk! Listed here are a number of on my website that these pair properly with:

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