Grammy's Kitchen · Mashed Potatoes · Best Mashed Potatoes
One of 115 mashed potatoes recipes we measured
from joyfoodsunshine.com
24 cooks on joyfoodsunshine.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 | 6% | 5% |
| dairy | 6% | 11% |
| salt | 0% | 0% |
| aromatics | 0% | 0% |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 1814 g | 4 pounds potatoes (* peeled and cut in halves or fourths) |
| cold water | |
| 1 g | 1 sprig rosemary |
| 5 g | 5 sage leaves |
| 25 g | 4 Tablespoons parsley |
| 8 g | 8 sprigs chives |
| 114 g | 1/2 cup butter |
| 8 g | 1 Tablespoon minced garlic |
| 170 g | 3/4 cup half and half (room temperature (6 oz)) |
| 113 g | 1/2 cup whole milk (room temperature (4 oz)) |
| 6 g | 1 teaspoon sea salt (or to taste) |
| 1 g | 1/4 teaspoon black pepper (or to taste) |
| 25 g | 1/4 cup chopped chives |
Method: 12 steps, published by joyfoodsunshine.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Just made these to serve on thanksgiving tomorrow. The flavor and aroma are amazing! I purchased a ricer just for this recipe and so glad I did. The texture is amazing! I can’t wait to serve them! I roasted my garlic in the air fryer and that was a game c” — a cook, 5.0★
“Oh. My. Gosh. I have tried SO MANY mashed potato recipes, and in all my years of cooking, I can genuinely say this is the holy grail of mashed potatoes! It is SO GOOD! If you’re on the fence with another recipe, choose this one. Thank me later.” — a cook, 5.0★