Loaded Rustic Mashed Potatoes

Name: Loaded Rustic Mashed Potatoes
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 2 pounds, russet potatoes, unpeeled, sliced ½ inch thick; 3/4 teaspoon, table salt, plus salt for cooking potatoes; 4 slices, bacon, cut into ½-inch pieces; 3/4 cup, half-and-half; 8 tablespoons, unsalted butter, cut into 8 pieces; 1/2 teaspoon, pepper; 2 ounces, cheddar cheeses, shredded (½ cup); 1/4 cup, sour cream; 1/4 cup, minced fresh chives

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Appears in Cook's Country April/May 2019

No peeling, no fancy ingredients, no fuss—just perfect mashed potatoes.

SERVES4

TIME50 minutes

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

For easy rustic mashed potatoes, we left the skins on and simply sliced the potatoes before boiling them. Choosing starchier russet potatoes, rather than Yukon Golds or Red Bliss, gave us a fluffier mash, and cooking and mashing the potatoe...

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