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Home » Recipes » Recipe: Light & Fluffy Mashed Potatoes

Recipe: Light & Fluffy Mashed Potatoes

November 9, 2012 by KC Coake 30 Comments

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With Thanksgiving quickly approaching, I wanted to share with you the secret to getting light and fluffy mashed potatoes. I have a mashed potato recipe for you today. Every year for Thanksgiving I make 10lbs of these mashed potatoes…I never come home with any! I’m eating these potatoes tonight…the night before my first half marathon. They are a great carbohydrate for the night before a race. I seem to do really well the night before a race with eating red meat, mashed potatoes and a glass of red wine. Since my Dad is in town for the race and he loves potatoes, I’m sure he won’t mind what I have planned for dinner. Let me show you how I make my light and fluffy mashed potatoes.
Love simple, delicious and whole food recipes. This Mashed Potato recipe is so easy and so delicious! Perfect for Thanksgiving, Christmas or any day.Look how light and fluffy they are. I have a printable version of the recipe at the bottom of this post. These mashed potatoes are easy to make and taste great. They also go really well with my whole food version of Green Bean Casserole. Yum!Love simple, delicious and whole food recipes. This Mashed Potato recipe is so easy and so delicious! Perfect for Thanksgiving, Christmas or any day.I have a full recipe for you at the bottom of this post.
Love simple, delicious and whole food recipes. This Mashed Potato recipe is so easy and so delicious! Perfect for Thanksgiving, Christmas or any day.Peel your potatoes and cut them into 1 or 1.5-inch chunks. Put them in your pot, add water to cover plus about 1 inch above the potatoes. Gently boil for about 25-30 minutes or until you can easily push a fork through the potatoes.
Love simple, delicious and whole food recipes. This Mashed Potato recipe is so easy and so delicious! Perfect for Thanksgiving, Christmas or any day.You will need a mixer with a flat and whisk beater for this recipe. I love my KitchenAid (affiliate link)! I’ve had it for 12 years now.
Love simple, delicious and whole food recipes. This Mashed Potato recipe is so easy and so delicious! Perfect for Thanksgiving, Christmas or any day.After your potatoes have cooked, drain them and place them in your mixer bowl with the flat beater. Turn the mixer on low and mix for 1 minute or until the potatoes are relatively smooth.
Love simple, delicious and whole food recipes. This Mashed Potato recipe is so easy and so delicious! Perfect for Thanksgiving, Christmas or any day.Add the remaining ingredients.
Love simple, delicious and whole food recipes. This Mashed Potato recipe is so easy and so delicious! Perfect for Thanksgiving, Christmas or any day.Turn to speed 4 or medium/medium low for 30 seconds to allow the milk to absorb.
Love simple, delicious and whole food recipes. This Mashed Potato recipe is so easy and so delicious! Perfect for Thanksgiving, Christmas or any day.Turn the mixer up to speed 6 or medium/medium-high for 1 minute. Seriously, time these things, it makes a difference in how they turn out.
Love simple, delicious and whole food recipes. This Mashed Potato recipe is so easy and so delicious! Perfect for Thanksgiving, Christmas or any day.Switch to your whisk beater and scrape the bowl down. This is also a great time to taste the potatoes and adjust for any additional salt or pepper needed.
Love simple, delicious and whole food recipes. This Mashed Potato recipe is so easy and so delicious! Perfect for Thanksgiving, Christmas or any day.Turn your mixer to speed 10 or high and whisk the potatoes for 3 minutes. You are done! Easy and sooo delicious.
Love simple, delicious and whole food recipes. This Mashed Potato recipe is so easy and so delicious! Perfect for Thanksgiving, Christmas or any day.I can never seem to time these things well, so my potatoes usually get put into a dish at this point and go back in the oven to keep them warm.

We have to drive an hour to get to our Thanksgiving dinner, so I make my mashed potatoes the day before and reheat them. In this case, I add a small amount of extra milk and they look a little less fluffy, but it helps them not get all dried out in the reheating process.

If you know you will need to keep them warm in the oven, make sure they have a small amount additional milk and maybe even appear slightly runnier than the pictures you see here. That way as the oven reheats or keeps them warm and drys them out, they will still be the right consistency, light and fluffy and delicious.
Love simple, delicious and whole food recipes. This Mashed Potato recipe is so easy and so delicious! Perfect for Thanksgiving, Christmas or any day.Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family! I hope you have a fantastic and relaxing day.

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Love simple, delicious and whole food recipes. This Mashed Potato recipe is so easy and so delicious! Perfect for Thanksgiving, Christmas or any day.

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  1. Diana - FreeStyleMama says

    November 9, 2012 at 4:56 pm

    These look YUMMY! I wish I had a mixer like that because it looks to be the key.

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    • K Coake says

      November 12, 2012 at 3:12 am

      Thanks, they are yummy! I bet you could do something similar with a hand mixer, just use the different speeds. Let me know if you try it, how it goes.

      Reply
  2. the cape on the corner says

    November 12, 2012 at 6:46 pm

    i love mashed potatos! these look deelish. can’t wait for some homemade ones on thanksgiving!

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    • K Coake says

      November 13, 2012 at 2:24 am

      Thanks…they are yummy. Happy Thanksgiving to you!

      Reply
  3. Eclectically Vintage says

    November 14, 2012 at 1:25 am

    I am a potato addict – love them any way but one of my faves is mashed! And being able to eat them before a Marathon – you go girl!!

    10 lbs – if they disappear that quickly, they must be amazing!
    Kelly

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    • K Coake says

      November 14, 2012 at 2:29 am

      Mmmm, just reading your comment is making me want potatoes…I love them, too. Yes, it is amazing to make 10lbs and then have them all gone! Thanks for stopping by.

      Reply
  4. Dani - Diane - ATA Girls says

    November 16, 2012 at 3:41 pm

    Perfect timing with Thanksgiving right around the corner – thanks for sharing! Joining from Shine on Fridays – https://allthoseartsygirls.blogspot.com/

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    • K Coake says

      November 19, 2012 at 4:39 am

      Thanks!

      Reply
  5. Dani - Diane - ATA Girls says

    November 16, 2012 at 3:41 pm

    Perfect timing with Thanksgiving right around the corner – thanks for sharing! Joining from Shine on Fridays – https://allthoseartsygirls.blogspot.com/

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  6. Mariel says

    November 17, 2012 at 4:13 am

    Thanks for linking up! Hope to see some of your great ideas again this week on ‘Or so she says …’ http://www.oneshetwoshe.com

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    • K Coake says

      November 19, 2012 at 4:43 am

      Your welcome! Have a great week.

      Reply
  7. Tim, Allyson, and kids says

    November 17, 2012 at 6:11 pm

    Oh, you’re making me hungry for mashed potatoes 🙂

    I’d love for you to link up to our Finished Friday Blog Party.

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    • K Coake says

      November 20, 2012 at 1:25 am

      They are good! I just linked up, thanks for the invitation. Have a great Thanksgiving.

      Reply
  8. Jeanne Nastali says

    April 10, 2016 at 10:07 pm

    These are seriously the best mashed potatoes I have ever made. I cook alot!

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  9. Helen at the Lazy Gastronome says

    November 6, 2016 at 9:19 am

    So easy!! Thanks for sharing on the What’s for Dinner link up and don’t forget to leave a comment at the party – Next week’s features that also leave a comment get pinned, yummed and tweeted!

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    • KC Coake says

      November 7, 2016 at 2:23 pm

      Thanks!

      Reply
  10. Nicole says

    November 15, 2016 at 10:01 pm

    Homemade mashed potatoes are a must at Thanksgiving dinner. I bet the mixer makes it so much easier to do a big batch. #HomeMattersParty

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    • KC Coake says

      November 16, 2016 at 9:32 am

      Thanks! Yes, the mixer does make it easier for small or large batches. 🙂

      Reply
  11. Kymberli says

    December 25, 2018 at 12:30 pm

    Would be nice to show the recipe without entering email address

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    • KC Coake says

      January 3, 2019 at 3:08 pm

      Thanks for your feedback. Entering an email address helps me continue to provide all of the free content I offer. Sorry for the inconvenience.

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  12. Leticia says

    September 7, 2019 at 10:14 pm

    Can’t wait to try these!!

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    • KC Coake says

      September 18, 2019 at 8:20 pm

      I can’t wait to eat them again this year. So yummy! Hope you love them!

      Reply
  13. Kristie says

    November 5, 2019 at 8:56 am

    Hello!

    I’ve subscribed to e-mails and still can’t seem to find a printable recipe. Any help you can give would be great!

    Thank you!

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    • KC Coake says

      November 8, 2019 at 1:31 pm

      I’ve had some technical issues with my site that should be resolved now. I just sent you an email with info. Sorry for the trouble you had.

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  14. Page says

    November 24, 2019 at 10:00 am

    I signed up but I am not able to see the printable link.

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    • KC Coake says

      November 26, 2019 at 10:42 am

      Sorry for the trouble you are having.

      If you come back to the post and go to the box near the end of the post that says that this printable/recipe is a subscriber-only bonus, just sign into that box. Now you have to wait….right there on my site. Don’t leave. The graphic will change from the subscriber-only box to a box that says click here for your free printable/recipe. Click on that box and the recipe/printable will open up in another window. You can then print or save the file to your computer. 
      Let me know if you need additional assistance.
      Take care,KC

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  15. Nicole Sorge says

    November 27, 2019 at 7:48 pm

    Excited to try them

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    • KC Coake says

      December 2, 2019 at 10:51 am

      ? Hope you enjoy them!

      Reply
  16. CAROLYN HILDEN says

    December 18, 2019 at 2:48 pm

    Sounds good!

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    • KC Coake says

      December 20, 2019 at 3:49 pm

      ?

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