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Make Ahead Crock Pot Mashed Potatoes
Prep Time
10
minutes
mins
Cook Time
8
hours
hrs
Total Time
8
hours
hrs
10
minutes
mins
Course:
Side Dish
Cuisine:
American
Servings:
6
servings
Ingredients
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3
pounds
Russet potatoes
-
peeled and cut into quarters
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Water
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1
teaspoon
salt
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¼
cup
Butter
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¼
cup
Sour cream
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⅔
cup
Half and half
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1
teaspoon
Salt
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½
teaspoon
Black pepper
US Customary
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Metric
Instructions
Put potatoes in the bowl of a slow cooker.
Pour enough water over the potatoes to just cover them.
Add salt.
Cover and cook on high for 3-4 hours, or on low for 6-8 hours, or until the potatoes are soft.
When potatoes are done, mash the potatoes to your desired consistency.
Stir in butter, half and half, sour cream, salt and pepper. You can add more half and half to reach your desired consistency.
Keep in slow cooker on "warm" setting until ready to eat.
Notes
Type of Potatoes
: Use potatoes with a high starch content, like Russets, red potatoes or yukon gold potatoes.
Ricer:
A potato ricer for the creamiest texture and fool-proof mashed potatoes.
Liner:
Use
disposable slow cooker liners
to make clean up a breeze.
Warm:
Always add warm sour cream, butter and half and half or whole milk to get the creamiest mashed potatoes
Cheese:
Add cheddar on top for classic cheesy potatoes!
Spices:
Mix it up with different spices such as garlic! It all depends on your potato preference