08/26/2026
Brown Butter Cream Cheese Mashed Potatoes may have just ruined ordinary mashed potatoes for us.
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The goal was simple: create mashed potatoes rich enough for a holiday table but still unmistakably mashed potatoes—not a bowl overwhelmed by cheese, garlic, or other competing flavors.
The combination that made the difference was Yukon Gold and Russet potatoes, along with cream cheese, sour cream, heavy cream, and butter. But the real flavor boost comes from browning part of the butter until it becomes golden, nutty, and wonderfully aromatic.
The result is fluffy, creamy, deeply savory mashed potatoes with just enough brown butter flavor to make you wonder, “What makes these taste so good?”
They are equally at home alongside roast chicken, steak, turkey, pork, or your Thanksgiving dinner.
Would you rather have mashed potatoes with gravy—or good enough that they don’t need gravy at all?
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