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Mashed Potatoes Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
8 potatoes - peel and cube
1/2 cup butter or margarine
milk for mashing
salt and pepper to taste
electric mixer
Directions:
Directions:
I use Russet potatoes - peel potatoes and cube
Rinse potatoes and cover with cold water - just cover
Add salt - 10 shakes table shaker
Bring to boil, turn down, when you can pierce potato and it breaks apart it is ready (about 20 minutes)
Drain potatoes- place butter/margarine and milk in bowl or the pan that they were cooked in as long as it does not have teflon bottom
Put potatoes back in the bowl/pan, sprinkle pepper and then beat with electric mixer until smooth but not too much or potatoes will be like paste.
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
4 -6 servings
Preparation Time:
Preparation Time:
30 minutes
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
My children grew up with these.

 

 

 

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