Grammy's Kitchen · Mashed Potatoes · Best Garlic Mashed Potatoes
One of 115 mashed potatoes recipes we measured
12 cooks on www.feastingathome.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 | 4% | 5% |
| dairy | 17% | 11% |
| salt | 1% | 0% |
| aromatics | 0% | 0% |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 1361 g | 3 lbs Yukon gold potatoes (or other thin-skinned potatoes, red potatoes, white potatoes, etc.) |
| 227 g | 8 ounces sour cream (or crème fraîche, creamy goat cheese, or vegan sour cream) |
| 57 g | 4 tablespoons butter (or vegan butter) |
| 9 g | 1-2 teaspoons kosher salt |
| 1 g | 1/2 teaspoon fresh cracked pepper |
| 6 g | 2 teaspoons granulated garlic |
| Optional additions: 15-20 whole roasted garlic cloves, 1-3 teaspoons prepared horseradish, or fresh grated to taste (optional) | |
| Garnish with chives, pepper (and more melted butter if you like) |
Method: 5 steps, published by www.feastingathome.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“OMG! I have to admit, my 93 year old dad is not a garlic fan so I had to leave that lusciousness out (I'll add the garlic in for another meal). But man, oh man, these were the best mashed potatoes I have ever made. I assembled them on Wednesday and popped them” — a cook, 5.0★
“Made these yesterday for Thanksgiving and they were a hit! Did the potatoes in the Instapot and then pulled the basket of potatoes out, saved the water and returned the potatoes to mash and added all the water actually. Sour cream and chives added a lot of fl” — a cook, 5.0★