Mashed potatoes

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Background

My family makes mashed potatoes every year during thanksgiving.I loves to eat them from below the table My dog. Mashed potatoes are my favorite part of Thanksgiving dinner. Everyone in my family eats the mashed potatoes but if it weren't for myself we wouldn't make them.I love the creaminess of the dish, it always reminds me of time with my family. Thanksgiving is one of my favorites if not my favorite holiday. I get to see family I haven't seen in a while and we go to D.C and walk around. I like this time because I get to relax from school and just hang out with my family. In all, mashed potatoes remind me of special times with loved ones.

Tips

making sure to get all the moisture out is very important for the texture of the dish.
My family loves to put Penzy's spices on our mashed potatoes. Good seasoning can make the dish!
If you are putting gravy on your mashed potatoes we recommend a medium sized drizzle to not drown it.

ingredients

9 nice sized potatoes
3/4 teaspoon salt
0.0280949 Liters of butter
1/4 cup hot milk

instructions

Mashed Potatoes recipe
Mashed potatoes
1.	Put the potatoes in a large saucepan and cover it with water. Add salt to the saucepan. let it boil. Then bring the heat to medium low. Put the lid back on and let it boil for 17 minutes, or if the potatoes start to break when a fork cuts through it. Drain it.
2.	Put the poatoes back in the pana nd shake a bit over low heat for a couple minutes.
3.	mash the potatoes until no lumps. Add butter, pepper 1/4 teaspoon salt and what ever other spices you want to add. Keep smashing and add milk slowly to make creamy and smooth.

total prep time:25 mins

servings:10