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Freezer Mashed Potatoes
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tricia on
10.31.09 |
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This recipe was sent to me by a former co-worker and reader who responded to my call for Thanksgiving Appetizers a few months back. It is different then the Thanksgiving mashed potatoes and uses the oven to bake them on your serving day. I thought this might be more plausible at Christmas when there is seemingly “less” food being put in the oven than at Thanksgiving.
Author/Source:
Tricia @ Onceamonthmom.com
Ingredients:
- 5 pounds Yukon Gold potatoes, peeled & quartered
- 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 4 ounces sour cream
- 1 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoons onion salt
- 0.25 teaspoons pepper
- 2 Tablespoons butter
Directions:
Peel potatoes. Place potatoes in a crock pot. Add water until potatoes are covered. Cook on LOW 7 hours or on HIGH 4 hours – a fork can easily be poked through them. Drain water from potatoes. Mash until smooth. Add remaining ingredients, beat until fluffy. Place in 2 greased 8×8 pans, dot with butter. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.
Freezing Directions:
Do not bake! Instead, cover and freeze. To serve: Thaw. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Double bake time if not thawed.
This looks great, but do the potatoes get grainy in the freezer?
Not in my experience.
I’m loving these cooking and baking days. I’m a brand new wife (4 1/2 months now!) and our household is made up of just my husband and I, however I still love the idea of doing this bulk cooking/baking and having more time to spend together on our busy days! And then, if and when any children may come along.. I’ll already be in the habit of doing this!
Can you sub regular potatoes for the yukon and still have good results? I bought a ton of potatoes recently when they were on sale 10lbs for $.99 and am looking for recipes that I can freeze. Thanks so much!
Wende
I am sure you can, it was just recommended that Yukon Gold make the best mash potatoes!
Does it work to just boil the potatoes like regular mashed potatoes instead of using the crockpot?
It does work to just boil them. I recommend this method so that you can do other things at the same time.
really stupid question here but I drain the potatoes before mashing right? Normally I do but just wanted to check since I don’t see any liquid added elsewhere.
Yes, drain the potatoes before mashing. Good question though. I should probably indicate that in the recipe.
I have used a similar recipe in the past and for Thanksgiving I reheat them in the crockpot. This frees up space in my oven and also eliminates the need to be whipping potatoes during last minute dinner preparations.
Is the onion salt necessary? I have a child that can’t have onions. Thank you!
Not necessary.
Can i substitute red potatoes?
Yes, you can substitute red potatoes. Yukon were just suggested for least “milly” texture.
This recipe was recommended to me from another blog and I love the idea! I tried to make it tonight and instead of “beat until fluffy” it became “beat into a gluey mess.” Did I do something wrong or is it going to resolve itself when it bakes? Thanks!
Did you leave the water in? That’d make it too runny and turn it into a gluey mess.
Yes, you do drain the water. I changed the directions to reflect that a little better.
I have had a gluey mess before too – I think it was because I used a bar mix (with a blade) instead of beaters. Also, depends on type of potatoes – hope that helps
I made this yesterday and I love it!
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Thanks so much for this recipe! I just made a batch and divided it into three containers. It’s nice to have a few side dishes to turn to on those busy nights!