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Nonna's Awesome Mashed Potatoes Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
4 or 5 Baking (white) potatoes
water to boil them in
salt
sour cream
butter
Directions:
Directions:
Peel the potatoes
Cut them into chunks
Wash them

Boil them for 30 minutes until tender or cook them in the instant pot for 8 minutes
Drain the water if you boiled them, or if you have too much excess water in the IP

You can at this point use the mixer to mash them or IP potatoes can be fluffed with a fork

Put in 1/4 cup of butter and 1/4 sour cream or more if needed
salt and pepper to taste


Mix well and enjoy
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Nicholas doesn't like the lumps in his potatoes but the instant pot makes them so tender you can get them very smooth with a fork. I personally like the mixer texture but to each his/her own

 

 

 

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