Tacky Mashed Potato Casserole. – Half Baked Harvest

The last word vacation aspect dish. These creamy, tacky potatoes are made with buttery Yukon Golds, mashed with cream cheese, yogurt, easy seasonings, and melty Monterey Jack. They’re not fancy—however they’re completely scrumptious. Completed with crispy garlic crumbs and a topping of Gruyère, this vintage-style casserole is straightforward, cozy, and all the time a crowd favourite. My most comforting potato casserole but!

Potatoes are hands-down my household’s favourite Thanksgiving aspect dish. Mashed or baked, they need to be on the desk or my brothers (and my dad!) would protest. We’re a Midwest household via and thru—potatoes are in our DNA.

And truthfully, I believe quite a lot of you’ll be able to relate. Irrespective of the place you’re from, a extremely good potato dish all the time steals the present!

This casserole may be my favourite model but—and it’s positively the best. I’ve been loving recipes that really feel nostalgic, like one thing our grandmothers might need made, however with a number of small updates. This one has all the comfy, old style taste with none canned soup.

I didn’t maintain again on the butter or cheese, although!

This recipe is definitely a twist on my mother’s well-known tacky potatoes. She used to make them for each vacation, and he or she’s nonetheless identified for them—alongside together with her cookies, Ok-bars, and pies. I examined this one time and again to get it good, and I believe it’s precisely what all of us want this Thanksgiving.

These are the Particulars

Elements

• Yukon Gold potatoes
• sea salt
• salted butter
• cream cheese
• bitter cream or plain Greek yogurt – or use a mixture
• onion and garlic powder
• recent thyme – utilizing dried thyme is nice too
• smoked paprika
• cayenne pepper
• complete milk
• eggs
• Monterey jack cheese

For the Topping 

• panko
• crushed corn flakes – or further panko
• garlic powder
• Gruyère cheese 

Kitchen Instruments

For this casserole, you want a Dutch oven or giant pot. A hand mixer or potato masher, and a skillet.

The Steps

Step 1: Boil the Potatoes

Peel and dice the potatoes, then drop them into a big Dutch oven. Cowl with water and add a beneficiant handful of salt.
Boil till the potatoes are fork-tender, then drain. Add the new potatoes proper again into the nice and cozy pot to let the steam escape—this retains them fluffy!

Step 2: Mash the Potatoes

To the nice and cozy potatoes, add the butter, cream cheese, and bitter cream or yogurt. Combine within the onion powder, garlic powder, thyme, paprika, cayenne, salt, pepper, and the Monterey Jack cheese.
You should use a hand mixer in case you favor, however I wish to mash by hand with a potato masher. Simply watch out to not overmix—an excessive amount of mashing could make the potatoes gummy as an alternative of creamy!

Step 3: Add the Milk and Eggs

As soon as the potatoes have cooled barely, combine within the milk and eggs. The eggs make the potatoes additional creamy and assist the casserole bake up fantastically. Don’t skip them!

Step 4: Make the Crumb Topping

Soften and brown the butter till golden and nutty, then toss it with panko and crushed cornflakes. Season with garlic powder, then sprinkle the crumbs evenly over the mashed potatoes. End with a handful of shredded Gruyère on prime.

Bake and Serve

Bake till the highest is golden and the casserole is effervescent across the edges. Sprinkle with recent thyme or parsley earlier than serving, and a pinch of flaky sea salt in case you’d like that additional savory contact.

Make Forward

Assemble the casserole totally and refrigerate (lined) till able to bake. Take away it from the fridge about 2 hours earlier than baking. Bake the day you propose to serve, or bake forward, cool fully, and reheat lined till scorching—uncover on the finish to crisp the topping.
You possibly can bake wherever between 325° and 400°—it’s not fussy! Simply bake till heat and scrumptious.

On the lookout for different straightforward Thanksgiving sides?? Listed here are my favorites: 

Tacky Scalloped Potatoes with Caramelized Onions

Make Forward Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes

Crispy Parmesan Thyme Candy Potato Stacks

Crispy Tacky Potato Stacks

Candy Potato Casserole with Candy ‘n’ Savory Bacon Pecans

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