Cream Cheese Mashed Potatoes

🧂 Ingredients

• 5 lbs yellow potatoes

  (peeled, washed, and quartered)
• ½ cup milk

  (or more as needed)
• 8 oz cream cheese

  (softened, at room temperature)
• ½ cup butter

  (softened, at room temperature)
• 1 teaspoon salt

  (plus more for the water)
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• ½ teaspoon ground black pepper

Instructions

• 1 Add the quartered 5 lbs yellow potatoes to a large stockpot and cover them with
  1-2 inches of cold water. Generously season the water with salt.
• 2 Bring the water to a light boil and cook for 20-25 minutes, or until the
  potatoes can easily be pierced with a fork. Remove from the heat and drain the
  potatoes.
• 3 Add ½ cup milk to a small saucepan and bring it up to a boil, stirring
  frequently.
• 4 As you are waiting for the milk to boil, press your potatoes using a potato
  ricer.
• 5 Add the scalded milk, 8 oz cream cheese, ½ cup butter, 1 teaspoon salt, 1
  teaspoon garlic powder, and ½ teaspoon ground black pepper to the potatoes and
  gently mash it all together.
• 6 Serve immediately while hot.

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