Grammy's Kitchen · Mashed Potatoes · Cream Cheese Mashed Potatoes
One of 115 mashed potatoes recipes we measured
12 cooks on www.dinneratthezoo.com rate it 5.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 115.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 3% | 5% |
| dairy | 26% | 11% |
| salt | 0% | 0% |
| aromatics | 0% | 0% |
| protein add | 12% | 0% |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 1814 g | 4 lbs Russet potatoes (peeled and cut into quarters) |
| 57 g | 1/4 cup butter |
| 4 g | 1 1/2 teaspoons minced garlic |
| 227 g | 8 ounces cream cheese (cut into cubes) |
| 244 g | 1 cup milk |
| 9 g | 1 1/2 teaspoons salt |
| 1 g | 1/2 teaspoon pepper |
| 12 g | 2 tablespoons chopped parsley or sliced chives |
| additional butter for garnish (optional) |
Method: 6 steps, published by www.dinneratthezoo.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Adding cream cheese seems like such a simple idea but it turns ho-hum mashed taters into something truly spectacular! I couldn't get enough of them, so I made them again the next day! Delish!” — a cook, 5.0★
“I had some left over cream cheese and potatoes that needed to go. So happy to find this wonderful recipe! Potatoes were the best ever!” — a cook, 5.0★