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Creamy Slow Cooker Mashed Potatoes

By Kathi & Rachel

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Slow Cooker Mashed Potatoes

Slow Cooker Mashed Potatoes

Creamy Slow Cooker Mashed Potatoes– An easy dish for any weekend or holiday!

Super easy and creamy mashed potatoes!  Cooked and mashed up in your slow cooker.   Cooking and mashing up these taters in the slow cooker gives you and your oven a little more time and space.

The secret to creamy slow cooker mashed potatoes texture is using Yukon Gold Potatoes.

They are creamy with a lovely yellow color.  Using Russet potatoes in the slow cooker can turn your mashed potatoes mushy and kinda brown.  Red potatoes will work in a pinch, but I love the texture of the Golds.

You can leave the skin on like I did,  or peel them, but peeling is a time sucker and you don’t have any more time, remember?   I left the skin on, they practically dissolved.   No complaints.

Just dice up your potatoes, toss them into your slow cooker with a cup of broth, some butter, salt and pepper.

Creamy Slow Cooker Mashed Potatoes

Creamy Slow Cooker Mashed Potatoes in Crock Pot

Cover and cook two hours on high or four hours on low.  Most of the new slow cookers run pretty hot.  If you are using an older version you may have to adjust the time a bit.  My cooker is new and I cooked   them two hours on high. They worked perfectly.  Just give them a poke now and then to make sure you don’t over do it.

Once cooked, simply use a handheld mixer or hand masher.  Plunge right into the slow cooker, add your sour cream, milk, additional salt and pepper and mix it right up!  Turn the slow cooker to warm and your taters will be ready when you are!

You could add garlic, grated cheese, parmesan or whatever other add-ins that your family loves.  Our potatoes serve as a vehicle for gravy,  so I like to keep them pretty simple.

You might also like my Make Ahead Ciabatta Sausage and Apple Stuffing!

Oh!  Do you need easy make ahead gravy?  I got ya covered there!  Who’s your buddy…who’s your pal?!

Creamy Slow Cooker Mashed Potatoes
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Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
4 hrs
Total Time
4 hrs 10 mins
 

Creamy Slow Cooker Mashed Potatoes are a simple crowd winner for holidays and lazy Sunday afternoons!

Course: holiday, Side Dish
Cuisine: American
Servings: 8 servings
: 345 kcal
: Kathi & Rachel
Ingredients
  • 3 pounds Yukon Gold Potatoes or just called Golds
  • 1 cup chicken stock veggie stock will work too
  • 1 cup butter cut in cubes
  • 1/2 cup sour cream
  • 1/4 cup to 1/2 milk
  • salt and pepper
Instructions
  1. Scrub potatoes and cut into one inch dice.
  2. Place in slow cooker.
  3. Top with 2 tablespoons of the cubed butter saving the remainder for mashing.
  4. Add one cup chicken stock
  5. Sprinkle with 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper.
  6. Cook on high for two hours or low for 4 hours, stirring on occasion and checking for doneness.
  7. When potatoes are cooked and a fork slides easily into them, add sour cream and additional butter cubes.
  8. Mash or whip with electric mixer.
  9. Add milk as needed to reach desired consistency.
  10. Reduce temperature to warm until ready to serve!
Nutrition Facts
Creamy Slow Cooker Mashed Potatoes
Amount Per Serving
Calories 345 Calories from Fat 234
% Daily Value*
Fat 26g40%
Saturated Fat 16g80%
Cholesterol 70mg23%
Sodium 277mg12%
Potassium 771mg22%
Carbohydrates 23g8%
Fiber 4g16%
Sugar 1g1%
Protein 5g10%
Vitamin A 810IU16%
Vitamin C 19.6mg24%
Calcium 82mg8%
Iron 5.6mg31%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

 

 

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  1. Sherri @ Watch Learn Eat says

    November 28, 2015 at 2:00 pm

    Hi Kathi! I haven’t made mashed potatoes in the slow cooker yet, but I am definitely going to give it a try! These look amazing! 🙂

    Reply
  2. Marsha | Marsha's Baking Addiction says

    November 27, 2015 at 9:34 pm

    I love mashed potato, but I’ve yet to make it in the slow cooker. Yours looks absolutely delicious, I need to try this!

    Reply
  3. Sara - The Organic Dietitian says

    November 27, 2015 at 4:22 pm

    Any recipe in a slow cooker that makes my life easier…im in!

    Reply
  4. Ange says

    November 27, 2015 at 5:15 am

    What a clever way to free up oven and stove space and still have delicious creamy mash!

    Reply
    • Kathi Kirk says

      November 27, 2015 at 4:16 pm

      Hi Ange – thanks for the note! I used to make them and then put them in the crockpot to keep warm…this is a whole new wonderful!

      Reply
  5. Heidi @ Food Doodles says

    November 27, 2015 at 4:00 am

    These potatoes look sooooo good! I’m going to try these soon! I just recently learned I could make mashed potatoes in the crockpot so I can’t wait to try it out 🙂

    Reply
    • Kathi Kirk says

      November 27, 2015 at 4:20 pm

      This was my first try and it worked really well! Thanks for your note Heidi!

      Reply
  6. Gloria @ Homemade & Yummy says

    November 27, 2015 at 3:28 am

    I love using my slow cooker….and making potatoes in it is a WONDERFUL idea….so easy….so good!!

    Reply
  7. Rachel @ Simple Seasonal says

    November 27, 2015 at 12:56 am

    5 stars
    I’ve never tried making mashed potatoes in a crock pot before. What a fabulous idea!

    Reply
  8. Lyndsay says

    November 27, 2015 at 12:37 am

    What a great idea. I’m definitely going to pass this recipe on to my mother in-law. Thanks for sharing ????

    Reply

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