Red Skinned Mashed Potatoes

prep time:: 10 min...maybe
total time:: 30 - 60 min

Yields: how much do you eat?

A Christmas favorite in our household. But then again almost anything is a favorite to most people when you add cream cheese to it. Try this recipe and maybe it will become an any day favorite in your household.

ingredients

10 Red Skinned Potatoes*
8 oz package of Cream Cheese, softened
1/2 pint half and half**
Salt
Pepper

directions

1
1-Scrub potatoes thoroughly. Cut Potatoes into quarters and place in a large stock pot. Fill pot with hot water and place on stove, cover pot with lid.
2
2-Heat potatoes on high heat until water comes to a rolling boil, then slightly turn down heat. Boil potatoes for 10-15 minutes or until very tender. Drain potatoes.
3
3-In a large bowl, roughly mash potatoes with a hand masher. Add cream cheese and blend with an electric mixer until thouroughly combined.
4
4-Add half and half until potatoes are at the desired consistency.*** Season potaoes with salt and pepper to taste.

notes

*Potatoes should be about the size of your fist or slightly smaller, without bruises or bad blemishes. **can use cream instead. ***Potatoes thicken as they cool

Source: Travis D. Clark; Amber L.C. Tolman