V's Slow Cooker Mashed Potatoes

By Addie

"After several failed recipe attempts, I finally did it. I came up with a way to make mashed potatoes in the slow cooker. I'm so excited. This will definitely help on time during the last minute craze to get dinner on the table and have the potatoes still warm."

MY NOTES: Do this in an oval cooker so all the potatoes are covered with liquid. Add a smidge of lemon juice to the liquid to help keep the potatoes whiter since potatoes have a tendancy to discolor in a crockpot.

Ingredients

• 5 lbs Sierra Gold potatoes OR
• 5 lbs red potatoes, diced with peel
• 1 cup water
• 1 cup butter, cut into chunks
• 1 tablespoon salt, plus
• 1/4 teaspoon salt ( more salt? looks like an error)
• 1 1/4 teaspoons garlic powder (optional)
• 3/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 1/3 cups milk, warmed

Preparation

Step 1

Place the potatoes, water, and butter into a slow cooker. Season with salt, garlic powder, and pepper. Cover, and cook High for 4 hours. Do not remove the excess water from slow cooker. This adds to the creamy texture.

Mash potatoes with a masher or electric beater, adding the desired amount of warm milk to achieve a creamy consistency. Keep warm on low until serving.

My slow cooker has a warm setting which it automatically goes to once cooking time has been reached. Potatoes keep consistency for a couple of hours after mashing. Just keep the lid on the slow cooker and serve directly from there.
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REVIEWS:

I used russet potatoes as that's what I had on hand. I liked the large quantity the rec. made. They were delicious, and so easy not having to boil and drain a big pot of steaming potatoes. This is a keeper for my holliday meals from now on. Thanks for posting it.

We enjoyed these. I didn't let mine go quite long enough, they could've stood another 1/2 hour to hour but I was in a time crunch, so mine weren't as smooth as we would have liked. We will make them again when we have more time. Served them with Creamy Pork Tenderloin from this website. I believe they will become a regular at our house. Thanks! UPDATE: Just made these again cooking full 4 hrs and they are so delicious and creamy!

I made these last night and they are great. They made a lot so I was able to put some away in the freezer for later. I used 1/2 & 1/2 and not milk and only use 1/2 cup. The garlic was a great idea for them. I might try to add some Cheese at some time since we really like cheesy mash potatoes.

I made these for Thanksgiving dinner. I also used russet potatoes and pealed them ahead of time. There were 8 of us and everyone said they were the best mashed potatoes they've ever eaten. I will never go back to boiling them again! So easy and tasty! Thanks for sharing!!

I've made this recipe several times and it is always one of the first things to go! I've also tried making it with less milk and adding sour cream, cheese, and bacon for loaded mashed potatoes and all anyone can every say is "Heavennnnn"!

We liked these, but I had problems getting them done. The potatoes near the bottom were perfect after four hours, but the ones on top that weren't in the milk weren't done and had discolored a bit. I'm wondering if it might be because I have the old fashioned kind of tall narrow crockpot rather than the new wider ones that would have allowed the potatoes to all sit in the milk. It worked out well as I nuked them for several minutes and then mashed them with no problem. I added a bit more salt at the end. We both enjoyed the addition of the garlic powder. Thanks Chef-V!

These worked great! I packed everything and took them to dd's new house where we cooked them in her new slow cooker! They were tasty and as amazingly wonderful as mashed potatoes done the traditional way! Thanks V!

So easy :) The taste is wonderful. I think I used only 1/2 cup of milk. I used only 1 tablespoon of salt. Next time, I'll try with less butter, maybe 1/2 cup. Just to make it healthier cause the taste is really good. I have leftovers, and I hope it's going to be good, cause usually I don't like mashed potatoes leftovers. Thanks V :)