Recipe: Crockpot Mashed Potatoes

A couple weeks ago I found a recipe on FirstADream blog for making mashed potatoes in the crockpot.  I had a bunch of potatoes from Bountiful Baskets that I needed to use up and this recipe sounded delicious but in reality it was OUT OF THIS WORLD.  I have some more potatoes that I need to use so I'm thinking this will be part of our dinner tomorrow night!.

I pretty much followed the recipe but I saw other recipes that added cream cheese in place of some of the milk.  I did not want the extra calories and the original recipe was outstanding as it was.

Picture from TasteOfHome.com

Crockpot/Slow Cooker Mashed Potatoes

• 5 lbs potatoes, diced with peel

• 1 cup water

• 1 cup butter, cut into chunks

• 1 tablespoon salt, plus

• ¾  teaspoon ground black pepper

• 1 1/3  cups milk, warmed

1. Place the potatoes, water, and butter into a slow cooker.

2. Season with salt and pepper.

3. Cover, and cook on High for 4 hours.

4. Do not remove the excess water from slow cooker. This adds to the creamy texture.

5. Mash potatoes with a masher or electric beater, adding the desired amount of warm milk to achieve a creamy consistency.

6. Keep warm on low until serving.

7. Potatoes keep consistency for a couple of hours after mashing. Just keep the lid on the slow cooker and serve directly from there.