Recipe: Perfect Buttery Mashed Potatoes

Buttery Mashed Potatoes.

You can cook Buttery Mashed Potatoes using 5 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Buttery Mashed Potatoes

1. Prepare 3 lb of Idaho potatoes; peeled & cubed.
2. You need 2 stick of butter; cubed.
3. You need 1 of large pinch kosher salt and black pepper.
4. It's 1/2 C of sour cream.
5. It's 1/3 C of heavy cream.

Buttery Mashed Potatoes instructions

1. Cover potatoes with cold, salted water. Boil until potatoes are easily pierced with a paring knife. Drain. Return to burner on high heat for 30 seconds to remove excess moisture..
2. Add butter, heavy cream, sour cream, salt, and pepper. Mash with a potato masher until desired consistency. Alternatively, whip the potatoes with an electric mixer..
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