Mashed Potatoes with Cream Cheese

I made this for a family dinner and everyone raved over these potatoes! I always add garlic powder and white pepper to my mashed potatoes. The cream cheese really did make them incredibly creamy and I topped them off with butter and chives!

I cut back on the cream cheese by a couple ounces. They were very rich and so good. You may want to add less cream cheese and add more if needed. I'll try this again! Nice change from using sour cream.

I used five russet potatoes that weighed 1.5 pounds. The recipe uses 8 ounces of cream cheese. That seemed like too much for the amount of potatoes I had so I added in a couple ounces at a time and ended up using less than 4 ounces. That was plenty for me. I added in the remaining ingredients and opted to add in another 2 tablespoons of milk because the potatoes were a bit stiff. The potatoes whipped up nicely, had a lovely creamy texture, and they had a really nice taste to them. You have to gauge how much cream cheese, milk and butter to add to the potatoes because a medium size russet potato isn't an exact measurement, and more or less of those ingredients may be needed. I suggest adding in the cream cheese a few ounces at a time rather than adding it all at once. I think if I had used the whole 8 ounce block, it would have been overwhelming. I added chives to my individual serving of the potatoes.

Made as written and these turned out creamy and delicious. I really liked the addition of the cream cheese however I felt there was a little too much of it so I would cut back next time.

My family loves mashed potatoes and lately, I've been trying some new recipes. I decided to try this recipe with cream cheese to see if they would taste extra creamy and decadent. They were tasty, just not as over the top as I had hoped. I skipped the part where you blend them, since I like a little chunk, so maybe that would have helped.

This was a delicious recipe. It is very similar to our normal one, but tangier with the addition of cream cheese. Everyone really enjoyed it.

11.26.20 I typically add a bit of cream cheese when I make mashed potatoes, but this recipe calls for a lot, so you definitely get a pleasant tang from it. Whipped up very creamy, and this was a nice side dish to my Thanksgiving turkey breast for 2020.