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    Home » Entertaining

    Holiday Mashed Potatoes: Extra Rich for Special Events

    by Patti Estep · Oct 29, 2015

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    This recipe for holiday mashed potatoes is super easy. It tastes great with or without gravy and can be made a day ahead, saving you time and worry.

    Mashed Potatoes in a casserole dish

    My mother often served mashed potatoes with our dinner. I mean, who doesn't love mashed potatoes? But, during the holidays, or even at a special dinner, she would serve what I call holiday mashed potatoes.

    Ingredients for holiday mashed potatoes.

    They are really easy to make and work well with any main entrée. Basically, all you do is make mashed potatoes, and add in some extra decadent ingredients. Do they work well with gravy? Of course, they do, but you don’t really need it.

    Russet potatoes work best here but I would say that is true for any mashed potatoes. They are nice and fluffy. According to Good Housekeeping, they are higher in starch which makes them fluffy and creamy.

     Holiday mashed potatoes, rich and creamy for your special dinner.

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    The best part is that these are great to make a day ahead, and then reheat in the oven.

     

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    This recipe for holiday mashed potatoes is super easy. It tastes great with or without gravy, and can be made a day ahead, saving you time and worry.

    Holiday Mashed Potatoes

    Delicious mashed potatoes with extra flavor perfect for the holidays
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    Prep Time 20 minutes mins
    Cook Time 25 minutes mins
    Additional Time 5 minutes mins
    Total Time 50 minutes mins
    Course Side Dish Recipes
    Cuisine American
    Servings 10
    Calories 382 kcal

    Ingredients
      

    • 5 lbs Idaho potatoes
    • 1/2 stick of butter 4 T
    • 1/2 cup of milk
    • 8 oz of cream cheese softened
    • 8 oz package of french onion dip
    • 1 T chives optional

    Instructions
     

    • Peel and dice potatoes.
    • Boil until fork tender and drain.
    • Beat on medium for a few minutes.
    • Add butter and some of the milk.
    • Continue to beat potatoes adding milk until you get the consistency desired.
    • Add cream cheese, french onion dip and chives.
    • Blend well.
    • Serve or place in a casserole dish with a lid and refrigerate.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1gCalories: 382kcalCarbohydrates: 51gProtein: 8gFat: 17gSaturated Fat: 10gPolyunsaturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 49mgSodium: 199mgFiber: 5gSugar: 4g

    Nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. This information comes from online calculators. Although attempts have been made to provide accurate nutritional information, these figures are only estimates.

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    About Patti Estep

    Patti is the creator of Hearth and Vine, a home and garden blog filled with projects to inspire your creative side. She loves crafting, gardening, decorating and entertaining at her home in Pennsylvania. When she is not working on a project at home or searching for treasures at nurseries and thrift stores with her girlfriends, you’ll probably find her with family and friends, at a restaurant, or home party enjoying new and different food adventures.

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    1. Denise Wright

      November 03, 2015 at 12:34 pm

      these look delicious! About how many people will the serve? I want to make these for a big party and was trying to figure out if I should double or triple this. Thanks!

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      • Patti

        November 03, 2015 at 3:54 pm

        This should serve at least a dozen people probably more. I make it in a large covered casserole which I think is about 2.5 quarts. Enjoy

        Reply
    2. Marie H

      October 29, 2015 at 7:37 am

      These sound so yummy. I just recently discovered Onion Chip Dip for baked potatos. We were out of sour cream and the chip dip was a fantastic substitute!

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