How to Make Mashed Potatoes at Home Easy | Easy Mashed Potatoes Recipe Garlic | Spatchcock Funk

heavy cream

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: milk + cornstarch

Greek yogurt reduces calories while maintaining creaminess

butter

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Olive oil adds healthy fats and flavor

garlic

🥗Healthier: garlic powder

💰Cheaper: onion powder

Garlic powder provides flavor without fresh garlic's cost

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.

Place 3 pounds of Yukon Gold potatoes into a dry cookie tray.

Tightly wrap the potatoes in tin foil to retain moisture while roasting.

Roast the potatoes in the oven for about 60 minutes.

After 20 minutes, add 5 cloves of garlic wrapped in foil to the oven to roast alongside the potatoes.

Remove the potatoes and garlic from the oven after 60 minutes; the potatoes should have some browning.

Unwrap the garlic and coarsely chop it, then add it to the bowl with the potatoes.

Using a potato masher, coarsely mash the potatoes with the garlic.

Add 2 sticks of room temperature salted butter to the potatoes and mash it in.

Pour in 1 cup of room temperature whole milk and mash again until fluffy.

Add 3 tablespoons of chopped chives, a couple turns of fresh cracked black pepper, and a couple pinches of sea salt; stir to mix evenly.

Serve the mashed potatoes in a bowl, optionally drizzling with gravy or balsamic glaze.

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