Grammy's Kitchen · Mashed Potatoes · Lucille's Mashed Potatoes
One of 115 mashed potatoes recipes we measured
from cookieandkate.com
25 cooks on cookieandkate.com rate it 4.9★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 115.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 1% | 5% |
| dairy | 18% | 11% |
| salt | 1% | 0% |
| aromatics | 0% | 0% |
| protein add | 8% | 0% |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 2268 g | 5 pounds Russet potatoes, preferably organic* |
| 18 g | 3 teaspoons salt, divided |
| 170 g | 6 ounces cream cheese (that’s 3/4 of one brick) |
| 227 g | 1 cup (8 ounces) sour cream |
| 28 g | 2 tablespoons unsalted butter |
| 2 g | 3/4 teaspoon onion powder |
| Optional garnishes: Finely sliced fresh chives, pat of butter, sprinkle of mild paprika (not the smoked kind) and/or freshly ground black pepper |
Method: 6 steps, published by cookieandkate.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“I have absolutely loved every recipe I have made of yours, Kate! For this recipe, I’m thinking I might have done something wrong. The potatoes came out more pasty and heavy than creamy. I followed the directions written and used full fat cream cheese (6 oz.) a” — a cook, 3.0★