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Family Favorite Recipe for instant mashed potatoes
Patti A Loveless

Fooled Ya Instant Mashed Potatoes

Your family will think you've been slaving for hours over these mashed potatoes! Full of flavor, creamy and delicious, and none of that chalky texture you'd expect. With a few family secrets, you can enjoy this special recipe. From our home to yours, enjoy these potatoes!
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Servings: 4 people
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: American
Calories: 300
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 Cup Instant Potato Flakes
  • 1 3/4 Cup Half & Half
  • 1/2 Cup Mayonnaise
  • 1/2 Cup Real Butter
  • To Taste Salt & Pepper
  • 1/4 Cup Sour Cream, Optional

Equipment

  • 1 2 Quart Pot
  • 1 Spoon

Method
 

  1. In 2 quart pan, over medium heat, melt butter.
  2. Pour in half and half.
  3. Add Salt & Pepper. Do not bring to a boil.
  4. Add mayonnaise and stir until mostly dissolved.
  5. Add potato flakes and stir. Reduce heat.
  6. Continue stirring until mixture is smooth. If mixture is too thick, add more half and half a tablespoon at a time. Continue stirring.
  7. When you have the right consistency, taste and add butter, salt and pepper as needed.
  8. Add the optional sour cream.

Notes

The key steps to making instant mashed potatoes better than real, homemade mashed potatoes are stirring constantly to make them smooth, replacing water with half and half and using real butter.  Skimping on the half and half and butter will make the potatoes taste like paste.