# Easy Creamy Mashed Potatoes

This recipe guides you through making easy, creamy mashed potatoes, keeping the skin on for extra texture.

- Cuisine: American
- Category: Side
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 3 whole potatoes
- butter
- heavy cream or milk
- garlic
- salt
- black pepper
- knob cream cheese
- knob sour cream
- spring onion

## Instructions

1. Wash the potatoes and cut them into chunks, leaving the skin on.
2. Boil the potato chunks in fiercely salted water until cooked through.
3. While potatoes are boiling, melt butter, heavy cream or milk, and grated fresh garlic in a separate pot.
4. Season the butter mixture with salt and pepper.
5. Drain the cooked potatoes and return them to the same pot, shaking out excess moisture.
6. Mash the potatoes with a potato masher.
7. Turn off the heat and slowly pour the butter and cream mixture into the mashed potatoes, folding it in gently.
8. Add a knob of cream cheese and sour cream to the mashed potatoes and fold it in.
9. Serve the mashed potatoes onto a plate.
10. Top with a little bit of butter if desired.
11. Chop spring onion or chives.
12. Garnish the mashed potatoes with chopped spring onion.

## Equipment

- cutting board
- knife
- pot
- whisk
- potato masher
- strainer
- wooden spoon
- plate

## Tips

- Salt your water fiercely when boiling potatoes; it should taste like the sea.
- Don't overmix the potatoes once the mixture is added to avoid them becoming gummy.
- If you want very smooth mashed potatoes, use a proper ricer or specific tool for smoothing potatoes.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8kNgbNy/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/3836ece3-9489-4eef-8fc9-28b40c84d7ab
- Extracted: 2025-07-26

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