A favorite recipe, mastered. That feels good.
Quinoa, chia seeds, kabocha; it’s all lovely. There is something to be said though for getting the basics down.
One of my all time favorite comfort foods is mashed potatoes. Creamy, rich and a hint of garlic all makes for a perfect bite. It’s a recipe made for the crock pot.
Save your stove for the rest of dinner, or breakfast, no judgment! And use your slow cooker to make these easy creamy garlic mashed potatoes. Did I mention they were creamy? Good!
And if you have leftovers, make these potato pancakes!
Be forewarned this recipe makes a very large portion! Unless you are making it for a big group, make sure to keep a mashed potato leftover recipe on hand. I like using the leftovers for shephard’s pie or potato pancakes the next day.
I recommend using at least a 6 quart or larger crock pot, it will fill up! For this recipe I used a Hamilton Beach 6 quart slow cooker.
Ingredients
- 5 lbs. Russet Potatoes
- 1/4 cup of butter, cut into cubes
- 1 1/2 cups of chicken stock
- 1-2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1/4 cup cream cheese
- 1/3 cup of milk
- 1 1/4 cup of sour cream
- salt, pepper
Instructions
- Peel and chop potatoes. Place in slow cooker with butter and chicken stock. Set crock pot on high.
- Cook on high for 4 hours.
- Add garlic and cover for 30 more minutes.
- Mash potatoes and add cream cheese, sour cream, milk, salt and pepper to taste.
Have you made mashed potatoes in the slow cooker? What other classics have you tried?
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Hi! I'm Isra, aka The Frugalette. I took my family from fancy to frugal in 3 years, with 3 kids and 1 income, oh and found the meaning of life too! To read more about my fancy life gone frugal, 
Mashed potatoes are one of my favorite foods! Your recipe sounds delicious; I’ll have to try it very soon. Thanks!
Let me know how you like it!
These look so creamy and delicious! I am going to have to bust out my crock pot soon and start trying all your amazing recipes!
These are so yummy! Id love to hear how it works out!
I love making mashed potatoes in the crock pot! I use the red-skinned potatoes, don’t peel them & put whole cloves of garlic in. Everything mashes up so nicely. Mmmmm, makes me glad we’re serving these on Tuesday!
Oh I was wondering about keeping the skins on, that’s good to know! Sounds so good!
I would have never guessed one can make mashed potatoes in a crock pot!
They come out really good!
These mashed potatoes sound so good. I’ve been wanting to get into crock pot cooking lately and I will definitely be making these.
The crock pot will save you so much time! This recipe is so good.
Thank you for this recipe ~ I can’t wait to try it! Sounds so delicious
I never thought of cooking mashed potatoes in my crock pot, I’m going to try this recipe with a little substitution, I’ll use mayo in the place of the creamed cheese.
Thank you for sharing this recipe!
Mayo sounds great!
I’m gonna try these this week! Love the ease of crock pottin’
Love easy cooking.
Oh my gosh! These look so amazing! I’m starving right now, landed on your blog and immediately clicked on these!
I’ve bookmarked it and will be back to try these this weekend!
Thanks!
Let me know how it goes, they are so yummy!
This is a great recipe. I never thought of making mashed potatoes in the crockpot.
It’s a must try! So yummy.
We are going to give this crock pot recipe a try, but using Yukon Gold Potatoes instead & 4-5 cloves of garlic !
I love that you are adding a lot more garlic.
I can’t wait to try these…they sound amazing! I love all the healthy ingredients and the crock pot method!
YUM! Anything with potatoes, and garlic is a winner with me
Me too.