When I was making the Chicken Burgers the other night, I also decided to try my hand at making Mashed potato muffins to go with it.  We love mashed potatoes and finding another way to enjoy them is just a bonus in this house.  Add some garlic and cheese into the mixture and it is a sure winner for us!

These would be great to make and freeze as individual portions for a quick side dish to any meal!

Sandie

Here are my ingredients. All of them this time lol!

I started by washing, peeling and cooking my potatoes as outlined in my Microwave Mashed Potatoes post, without adding the cheese…. yet.

I mixed in the milk, butter, garlic powder, cheese and chopped curly parsley and continued to mash the potatoes until the cheese melted and everything was well blended.

I was using a large muffin tin, so I divided the potato mixture evenly between the 6 muffin tin cups.

Then sprinkled the tops with the second amount of grated cheese.

I baked them at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes, until the cheese on top was melted and they started to form a bit of a crust. (Note: I think next time I make these I will cook them a bit longer because they were a little difficult to get out of the pan because the mashed potato at the bottom hadn’t fully formed the crust)

I removed them from the pan and served them!

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Recipe

Mashed Potato “Muffins”

Preparation Time: 25 minutes  Cooking Time: 30 – 45 minutes  Servings: 6

Ingredients

• About 6 cups mashed potatoes
• 1 1/2 cups grated cheese
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/3 cup butter/margarine
• 2 tsp. garlic powder
• 2 tbsp. chopped curly parsley
• 1/2 cup grated cheese, for the tops

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Generously grease muffin tin cups.
2. Prepare mashed potatoes, by boiling or microwave method.
3. Add milk, butter, garlic powder, curly parsley and first amount of grated cheese.
4. Continue mashing until cheese is melted and ingredients are well mixed.
5. Divide potato mixture evenly between muffin tin cups.
6. Top with second amount of grated cheese.
7. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 – 45 minutes.
8. Remove from muffin tin and serve.
9. Note: If using a 12 cup muffin tin, I would lessen the cooking time.