• Home
  • About Me
    • Advertise/PR
  • Freezer to Slow Cooker Meal Plan
    • Cart
    • Checkout
  • Instant Pot & Slow Cooker Recipes
    • Crockpot Freezer Meals to Make Life Simpler & More Delicious
    • Instant Pot Recipes
    • Ground Beef Recipes
    • Beef Recipes
    • Chicken Recipes
    • Pork Recipes
    • Soup Recipes
    • Low Carb Recipes
  • Family
    • Homemaking
    • Get Healthy & Lose Weight
    • Making & Saving Money
  •  

Sidetracked Sarah

Helping Busy Moms Take Back Their Lives!

You Are Here: Home » The Cook » Recipes » Crock Pot Mashed Potatoes

Crock Pot Mashed Potatoes

By Sarah Leave a Comment

Pin20
Share
Tweet
Yum
20 Shares
Jump to Recipe Print Recipe

Mashed potatoes is one of those dishes that I put off making.

The peeling and chopping of the potatoes is so time consuming………

Then we have to wait for them to boil……..

Mash them and add the butter, milk and salt/pepper. …..

This is taking forever!

The other day, (the day that I made that yummy Slow Cooker Salisbury Steak), I decided to try a new thing.  You know, since I love my slow cooker anyway AND I have 3 of them.  I decided that it was time to try out making mashed potatoes in the crockpot.  I could chop them up and just leave them on high for a few hours to see how it worked.  The worst thing that would happen is that I’d still have to boil them on the stove.  I started the cooking at 3:00 p.m., so I was really needing them to get done within a few hours, if at all possible.  The good news is that they DID get done in time and they were really tasty, too!

crockpot mashed potatoes

Tweet this recipe!Click To Tweet

 

Ingredients:

Potatoes (about 10-12)
1/2 cup milk
1/2 stick butter
1.5 tsp. salt
Pepper (until it looks right)

 Directions:  

  1.  Chop potatoes into 1-2″ cubes                                                                        Cubed Potatoes
  2. Fill the slow cooker halfway with water
  3. Place potatoes into water.
  4. Cook on high for 3-4 hours (or on low for 6-8)
  5. Check to see how tender they are before draining.
  6. Pour into a collander to drain water off.
  7. Return to slow cooker.
  8. Add milk, butter, salt and pepper.
  9. Mix or Mash to desired consistency.
  10. Add more milk if your potatoes seem dry.
  11. Return to slow cooker on the keep warm setting if you’re not ready to eat yet.
  12. Serve!

mashed potatoes

For me, I like this way better than the stovetop way.  It just seems less rushed.  I think since I’m not one that typically plans ahead or even thinks in an orderly manner, it helps me to feel more on top of supper when I don’t have to worry about it boiling over or over-cooking.  I just get to go about my day like I was, once it’s in the slow cooker.

Hint:  If you are making this a day early, you may want to add sour cream and/or cream cheese to the potatoes.  It helps them to keep the texture you’re used to having. 

Crock Pot Mashed Potatoes
Print Pin

Crock Pot Mashed Potatoes

I like this way better than the stovetop way.  It just seems less rushed.
Course Side Dish, Slow Cooker
Cuisine American
Keyword Crock Pot Mashed Potatoes
Prep Time 15 minutes minutes
Cook Time 4 hours hours
Total Time 4 hours hours 15 minutes minutes
Servings 6
Calories 260kcal
Author Sarah Robinson

Ingredients

  • Potatoes about 10-12
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1/2 stick butter
  • 1.5 tsp. salt
  • Pepper until it looks right

Instructions

  • Chop potatoes into 1-2″ cubes.
  • Fill the slow cooker halfway with water
  • Place potatoes into water.
  • Cook on high for 3-4 hours (or on low for 6-8)
  • Check to see how tender they are before draining.
  • Pour into a collander to drain water off.
  • Return to slow cooker.
  • Add milk, butter, salt and pepper.
  • Mix or Mash to desired consistency.
  • Add more milk if your potatoes seem dry.
  • Return to slow cooker on the keep warm setting if you’re not ready to eat yet.
  • Serve!

Nutrition

Calories: 260kcal | Carbohydrates: 54g | Protein: 12g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 2mg | Sodium: 530mg | Potassium: 1786mg | Fiber: 11g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 33IU | Vitamin C: 49mg | Calcium: 151mg | Iron: 14mg

*This post contains affiliate links.

Pin20
Share
Tweet
Yum
20 Shares
Join Me For a 21 Day Oral Health Challenge! + Free Printable
Creating Digestive System Balance with Green Smoothies & #NaturalProbiotic

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe Rating




This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Get Your Freezer to Slow Cooker 1 Week Menu - FREE!



Have You Met Sarah?

Sidetracked Sarah Welcome

subscription-ad

The Best Slow Cooker Chicken Thighs Recipe

Facebook

Sidetracked Sarah

Testimonials

  • Amorette DavisUser of the Free Freezer to Slow Cooker One Week Menu

    Thank you so much! As a special needs mommy these recipes have helped us so much.   I often am very busy with being a nurse for our child that I don't have time for making sure we get meals.  This allows me to do all my prep on the weekends, while my husband is home to help, and to cook during the week.  So grateful!

  • Linda SearsOwner of Freezer to Slow Cooker Menus

    Sarah’s Freezer to Slow Cooker ebooks have been a fantastic addition to my meal plans.  They make meal planning easy and my family happy. I love the way each recipe is laid out, with a shopping list and ingredient prep list, along with cooking instructions. Sarah’s done all the hard work for me!  The recipes have used have all been delicious and easily adaptable to my family’s taste and the number of people I’m serving.

  • FranOwner of Freezer to Slow Cooker Ebooks
     I purchased all of your freezer to slow cooker ebooks a month or so ago and I'm in love with this way of cooking.  I now have taken all 10 weeks of recipes and written them of my menu planner and then I repeated the 10 weeks and will continue to do so throughout the year.  My family of 5 adults and 1 child enjoy the meals that you have planned and I have cooked and I'm excited that the next time when that meal comes due up in the rotation I won't have to purchase anything but just pull it from the freezer.  Thank you so much
           A Happy Slow Cooker User
  • rayzn2angelsfrom Freezer to Slow Cooker Series

    This makes my life so much easier. I'm a busy work at home/stay at home mom, wife, business woman and I feel like dinner is always the thing I just never get time to do. We have done like 15 of the crockpot recipes from Sarah and they are all very yummy. They get a thumbs up from my husband and kids every time. And there is always enough for my husband to take the left overs at least 2x per recipe. I have a family of 5, 2 adults, 21, 13, 16. So it makes plenty. Thank you Sarah.

  • Dawn S.Buyer of Freezer to Slow Cooker Ebook Series
    I am a 59-year-old wife and mother of two grown children.  I love your idea of fixing a lot of meals ahead of time and then pulling one out, put it in the crockpot, and you have dinner when you get home.  I hate feeling rushed when I cook so Monday - Friday I use those crockpot meals and make enough that we have lunch the next day.  I take Sunday afternoon, fix up what I need for the week (I don't have a lot of freezer space so I do a week's worth at a time) and I'm done with it!  Saturdays I like to try new recipes from some of my cookbooks which I am finding I can freeze as well!  So you have shown me a whole new way to organize my time and still put a healthy meal on the table.  Thanks so much and I look forward to future blogs.

Newsletter Subscription

  • Home
  • About
  • Account
  • Freezer to Slow Cooker
  • Shop

Copyright © 2025 Sidetracked Sarah

Save your cart?

x