Recipe: Perfect Cream cheese potatoes

Cream cheese potatoes.

You can have Cream cheese potatoes using 8 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Cream cheese potatoes

1. Prepare 5 Pounds of Russet Potatoes.
2. Prepare 8 oz. of Cream cheese.
3. It's 1 stick of butter.
4. It's 1/2-1 Cup of Milk.
5. You need 1 Teaspoon of Salt.
6. Prepare 1 Teaspoon of Garlic Powder.
7. You need 1/2 Teaspoon of Pepper.
8. You need of Chives for serving, Optional.

Cream cheese potatoes instructions

1. Wash and peel potatoes, then cut into 1 inch cubes.  Place the potatoes into a large stockpot and cover with cold water.  Bring the potatoes to a gentle boil and cook for 15-20 minutes until tender.  Drain the potatoes and return to the warm pot, or to a mixing bowl..
2. Add the cream cheese, butter, milk, and seasonings to the potatoes.  Mash slightly to break the large potatoes up.  Beat the potatoes with an electric mixer on medium speed until smooth and fluffy..
3. I start with 1/2 Cup of milk for this recipe and add more if needed for desired consistency.  Use 1 Cup of milk or a little more if you like your potatoes a little more thin..
4. Serve immediately garnished with chives if desired.  Enjoy..