Baked Tacky Mashed Potatoes – Cookies and Cups

My simple, baked, Tacky Mashed Potatoes would be the aspect dish hit of your dinner or vacation desk. Creamy, wealthy, and ideal to make forward, this mashed potato recipe is at all times requested and everybody’s favourite! 

Make sure that to take a look at my Slow Cooker Mashed Potato Recipe too!

Why Are These Tacky Mashed Potatoes Are Our Favourite Aspect Dish?

• A lot taste! These mashed potatoes are unbelievably creamy and flavorful. I eat these as a aspect dish and even topped with rooster nuggets, corn and a few gravy for a mashed potato bowl!
• Two sorts of cheese! You employ cream cheese within the potatoes together with grated cheddar cheese, plus extra cheddar on prime in order that they’re further tacky! 
• Straightforward to make forward! The beauty of these mashed potatoes are they’re versatile. You may make them and revel in instantly, however you may as well make them forward and pop them within the oven once you’re able to serve, which is a unbelievable possibility for holidays or entertaining.  

What Sort Of Potatoes Are Greatest For Mashed Potatoes?

• Russet Potatoes. I usually use russet as a result of they at all times produce excellent outcomes! They’re extra starchy and provide the creamiest mashed potatoes. Russet potatoes absorb the butter and milk properly making the silkiest texture, and the smoothest mashed potatoes ever.
• The subsequent most suitable choice are Yukon Gold. They’re barely extra waxy (however not as waxy as Pink) and gives you a pleasant taste. You might need a number of extra lumps with gold potatoes, so after I use these, I at all times run them via my ricer.
• Keep away from Pink Bliss potatoes when making creamy mashed potatoes, as they’re probably the most waxy, depart probably the most lumps, and don’t take up your add-ins as properly. Nevertheless, in case you desire extra of a “country-style” or rustic mashed potato that has extra lumps, with the pores and skin left on, mashed solely by hand, crimson will work.

What Sorts of Cheese Do You Use?

For this tacky mashed potato recipe I take advantage of a mixture of cream cheese and gentle or sharp cheddar cheese. I discover these cheeses soften superbly and provides the potatoes a gentle tacky taste. If you happen to’re on the lookout for a cheese that may add extra taste attempt these:

• Asiago
• Gouda
• Gruyere
• Provolone
• Taleggio
• Parmesan Cheese

OR you possibly can mix a number of completely different cheeses to provide you with your personal mix. However I don’t suggest skipping the cream cheese, as that provides richness and creaminess with out including a ton of taste.

How To Make the Greatest Mashed Potatoes

Discover the complete and printable recipe on the backside of this put up!

Peel your potatoes and reduce them up into chunks. I often quarter the potatoes relying on the scale, Simply make certain the chunks are the identical dimension in order that they boil evenly! As soon as they’re fork tender drain them very well!

Place all of your potatoes right into a bowl and mash them up! You should utilize an electrical hand mixer, a stand mixer, a potato masher, and even use a potato ricer. As soon as they’re all mashed stir in your butter, cream cheese, bitter cream, seasonings, egg, and a number of the cheddar cheese. The heat of the potatoes will soften the cheeses.

Now you possibly can cease there and revel in instantly, OR you possibly can unfold the potatoes right into a greased casserole dish and prime with extra cheddar cheese and bake! Baking the potatoes will get them tremendous heat and melty, melts that further cheese on prime, and brings all of it collectively! Plus, this technique is nice for making them forward! Sprinkle them with bacon, chives, inexperienced onions, or parsley for taste and presentation!

TIPS

I’ve a number of tricks to share to make sure excellent outcomes each time! 

• I’ve transitioned into utilizing a potato ricer each time I make mashed potatoes. I really feel prefer it produces the silkiest and creamiest outcomes, nevertheless it completely isn’t needed. If you happen to do select to make use of a ricer, you need to peel your potatoes. So in case you desire mashed potatoes with the skins, use a hand masher or a mixer!
• Make sure that all of your add-ins are room temp! Utilizing room temperature cream cheese could be very key, as a result of if it’s chilly you’ll find yourself with lumps of cream cheese all through your potatoes. Every little thing at room temp means the creamiest and smoothest potatoes!
• Use recent grated cheese. I do know it’s tempting to purchase the pre-grated, recent grated melts finest and makes your potatoes clean and silky.

Can You Make These Potatoes Forward?

Completely. That’s the nice half about this recipe. You may make it and serve straight away, OR you may make it hours forward, and bake earlier than serving. It’s what makes this recipe so nice for holidays and entertaining.

Do You Have To Bake Them?

You don’t! Baking permits the additional cheese on prime to soften, whereas giving the flavors an opportunity to mix and meld. However they’re completely positive with out being baked!

Can You Freeze Mashed Potatoes?

Yep! Make the potatoes up till the step the place you bake them. Permit them to chill and canopy them with plastic wrap, after which once more with foil. Freeze for as much as 30 days.

To prepare dinner from frozen: Permit the potatoes to thaw out within the fridge earlier than baking. After which pull them out of the fridge 20 – half-hour earlier than baking to take the chilliness off.

Similar works for leftovers

Retailer any leftover mashed potatoes in an hermetic container and refrigerate for as much as 5 days or freeze utilizing the steps above.

What Can You Serve These Baked Mashed Potatoes With?

Mashed potatoes are an amazing aspect dish and go along with tons of meals from on a regular basis dinners to your  Thanksgiving desk! Listed here are a number of on my website that these pair effectively with:

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