MomsMenu.com Recipe Finder Basic Mashed Potato Recipe

Here is a basic mashed potato recipe. With this recipe, you can add many ingredients to kick it up a bit.

Happy Cooking!

Ingredients:

* 2 pounds baking potatoes, peeled and quartered
* 2 tablespoons butter
* 1 cup milk
* salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

1. Bring a pot of salted water to a boil
2. Add potatoes and cook until tender but still firm, about 15 minutes
3. Drain
4. In a saucepan heat butter and milk over low heat until butter is melted. DO NOT BOIL!
5. Using a potato masher or electric beater, slowly blend milk mixture into potatoes until smooth and creamy.
6. Salt and Pepper to taste.

Happy Eating!

Bek Davis (Chef Bek) is a trained chef and a work at home mom. You can find more recipes, cooking tips, and mom resources on her highly recommended websites: http://modernmomnetwork.com, http://www.iwebdesigns.org, and http://iFreeRecipes.com.