Porch Sitting and Sharing

I'm going to make these with evaporated milk and put them in the crockpot to keep warm.

Make-Ahead Party Mashed Potatoes

Yield: 20 servings
Prep Time: 20 min | Cook Time: 0 min

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Ingredients:

• Crisco® Original No-Stick Cooking Spray
• 6 cups water
• 12 tablespoons ( 1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter
• 2 teaspoons garlic salt
• 2 teaspoons onion salt
• 2 (8 oz.) packages cream cheese, cubed and softened or neufchatel for lower calories
  
• 2 cups milk or ff evaporated milk
  
• 1 (16 oz.) container ff sour cream
• 1 (15.3 oz.) package Hungry Jack® Mashed Potatoes
• Paprika
• Cooked bacon, chopped
• Chopped fresh parsley

Preparation Directions:

1. HEAT oven to 350°F. Spray a 13 x 9-inch baking dish with no-stick cooking spray. Heat water, butter, garlic salt and onion salt to boiling in a 6-quart Dutch oven or saucepan. Remove from heat. Add cream cheese, milk and sour cream, stirring until cream cheese is dissolved.
2. STIR in potato flakes, mixing until all ingredients are well combined. Spread mashed potato mixture into prepared pan.
3. SPRINKLE with paprika and bake 1 hour or until bubbling around edges and golden brown. Top with chopped bacon and parsley, if desired.
4. VARIATION
5. To make with Pet Evaporated Milk: Heat 7 1/2 cups water with butter, garlic salt and onion salt. Replace 2 cups milk with 1 (12 oz.) can Pet Evaporated Milk.
6. Before adding paprika and baking, potato mixture can be covered and stored in the refrigerator for up to 48 hours. Sprinkle with paprika and bake as directed above.