Smashed Potatoes (america's Test Kitchen)

Total Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 lbs red bliss potatoes (skin on)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 bay leaf
• 4 tablespoons melted butter
• 4 ounces cream cheese
• pepper
• chives

Recipe

• 1 cover potatoes w/ 1" water. add 1 tsp salt. add 1 bay leef. bring to boil. cook to fork tender.
• 2 extract 1c cooking water. drain potatoes. extract bay leaf. put potatoes in pot (to dry off).
• 3 smash potatoe (use flat side of spatula or spoon to "squish").
• 4 mix add 4 tbsp melted butter. add 4oz cream cheese. mix. salt pepper. add 1/4 c cooking water (or until desired consistency). sprinkle a bit of chive. add mixture to pot.
• 5 fold.