When we think of Thanksgiving, we automatically think of -- and start salivating over -- mashed potatoes: the creamy, buttery, pillowy dish that is one of our all time favorite comfort foods. Though mashed potatoes took an unjustly early exit in HuffPost Taste's Thanksgiving Side Dish Deathmatch and were rudely ranked a measly third place in the ranking of the best Thanksgiving sides, some of us (ahem) think they're the tops. Mashed potatoes are the perfect vessel for butter (we like to create a crater in our potatoes to hold a pool of melted butter), and at Thanksgiving they become a home for our favorite sauce of all time: gravy.
Whether you like them plain, smooth, lumpy, smashed, infused with flavor or loaded with accessory ingredients, we've got the recipe you need. We've also got tips to help keep you from ruining your mashed potatoes. Check out the recipes below to see how you can fancy up your potatoes with butter, horseradish, bacon and everything in between.
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Buttermilk Bacon Blue Smashed Potatoes
Gimme Some Oven
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Mashed Potatoes With Scallions And Lemon Zest
Ezra Pound Cake
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Cheesy Mashed Potatoes With Green Chile
Barefeet in the Kitchen
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Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Handle The Heat
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The Best Creamiest Mashed Potatoes
Buns in My Oven
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Smashed New Potatoes With Garlic and Chives
Simply Recipes
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Mashed Potatoes With Caramelized Onions And Goat Cheese
Food52
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'The Very Best Mashed Potatoes'
Steamy Kitchen
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The Best Damn Vegan Mashed Potatoes
Minimalist Baker
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Creamy Horseradish Mashed Potatoes
Tyler Florence
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Caramelized Scallion Mashed Potatoes
Flat Art Studios
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Colcannon
Flat Art Studios
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Mashed Potatoes With Brown Butter, Goat Cheese And Sage
Simply Recipes
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More Perfect Mashed Potatoes
Brown Eyed Baker
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Brown Butter Sage Mashed Potatoes
Half Baked Harvest
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Red Mashed Potatoes
Adventures In Cooking
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Buttermilk Blue Cheese Mashed Potatoes
FoodieCrush
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Perfect Mashed Potatoes
Sweet As A Cookie
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Roasted Buttermilk Garlic Smashed Potatoes
Boulder Locavore
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Roasted Garlic Goat Cheese Mashed Potatoes
How Sweet It is
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Skinny Chipotle Mashed Potatoes
Skinny Mom
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Smashed Parmesan Potatoes
Handle The Heat
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Brown Butter Mashed Potatoes With Rosemary
Cafe Johnsonia
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Mashed Potatoes Recipe With Bacon & Caramelized Onions (Low-Fat)
Cookin' Canuck
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Mashed Potatoes With Greek Yogurt
The Faux Martha
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Monica's Sour Cream And Chive Mashed Potatoes
Food52
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