Tacky Mashed Potato Casserole. – Half Baked Harvest

The final 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 easy, cozy, and at all times 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 by means of and thru—potatoes are in our DNA.

And truthfully, I feel lots of you possibly can relate. Irrespective of the place you’re from, a extremely good potato dish at all times steals the present!

This casserole is likely to 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 may need made, however with a couple of small updates. This one has all the comfy, old school 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 she or he’s nonetheless identified for them—alongside together with her cookies, Ok-bars, and pies. I examined this one again and again to get it excellent, and I feel it’s precisely what all of us want this Thanksgiving.

These are the Particulars

Components

• Yukon Gold potatoes
• sea salt
• salted butter
• cream cheese
• bitter cream or plain Greek yogurt – or use a combination
• onion and garlic powder
• contemporary 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 massive 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 recent 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 a substitute 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 high.

Bake and Serve

Bake till the highest is golden and the casserole is effervescent across the edges. Sprinkle with contemporary 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 intend 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.

In search of different straightforward Thanksgiving sides?? Listed below 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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