Grammy's Kitchen · Mashed Potatoes · The Best Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes
One of 115 mashed potatoes recipes we measured
from pinchofyum.com
80 cooks on pinchofyum.com rate it 4.6★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 115.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 10% | 5% |
| dairy | 10% | 11% |
| salt | 1% | 0% |
| aromatics | 0% | 0% |
| protein add | 1% | 0% |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 2268 g | 5 pounds of potatoes, peeled and halved (see notes) |
| 24 g | 4 teaspoons salt, divided |
| 226 g | 2 sticks butter (1 cup) |
| 9 g | 2-4 cloves garlic |
| 1 g | 1 few sprigs of herbs (sage, thyme, etc.) |
| 230 g | 1 cup cream cheese or sour cream |
| 25 g | 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese (optional) |
| 120 g | 1/2 cup broth or milk (optional, for texture) |
Method: 3 steps, published by pinchofyum.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
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