Make Ahead Mashed Potatoes

-from Kathy Wenngatz & Char Shadduck & the Byerly's Cookbook

Triple Recipe

Double Recipe
  • 6# or 18 med.
  • 1Tb.
  • 1 c.
  • 1½ c.
  • ½ c. + 1 Tb.
  • 4# or 12 med.
  • 2 ts.
  • 2/3 c.
  • 1 c.
  • 6 Tbs.

  • 2# or 6 medium red potatoes

  • 1 ts salt

  • 1/3 cup milk

  • 1/2 cup whipping cream

  • 3 Tb. butter

  1. Peel the potatoes and cut them in 1 1/2 " cubes.  Cook 20 minutes.  Mash slowly.

  2. Heat milk, cream and butter.  Reserve 1/4 cup of the milk mixture.  Mix the rest, plus the salt, to the mashed potatoes. Cover and refrigerate.

  3. Remove from frig 2 hours before baking.  Pour the reserved mixture on top and bake covered for 25 minutes at 350 degrees.

  4. Stir before serving.