Sinfully Awesome Mashed Potatoes

Oh my heavens, if you're watching what you eat, you need to just skip this recipe.  Don't even look at it.  Seriously, it's not good for you.  At. all.  But it's DELICIOUS!!!  Sinfully Awesome, actually!!  I started from a Twice Baked potato recipe from the same place I got this , decided I wanted to make mashed potatoes instead of individual, and referred to my favorite red & white Better Homes & Gardens cookbook, and voila!  Sinfully Awesome Mashed Potatoes!!  A must try!!  But only if you love cheese, butter, sour cream, and bacon!!

For this you'll need:

• 8 medium russet potatoes
• 1/2 cup butter, cut into slices (you could probably use a bit less butter, like 1/4 cup :)
• 1 cup sour cream
• 3 bacon slices, cooked and crumbled
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/2 tsp seasoned salt
• 1/2 tsp pepper
• 2 cups grated sharp Cheddar Cheese
• 2 green onions, sliced

Start by peeling and slicing the potatoes.  I then put them in boiling salted water for 20 minutes.  While they are cooking, I got started on the rest it...

Cook the bacon till brown and crispy.  Drain on paper towel.

Combine butter, sour cream, milk, bacon, green onions, 1/2 cup cheese, seasoned salt and pepper.  Mix and put in refrigerator until potatoes are ready.

After potatoes are drained, season with additional seasoned salt and pepper to taste.

I was going to use a mixer to whip my potatoes, but decided that I really just like mine kind of lumpy so I just used a large fork to mash.  It worked well and was super easy.

Then mix potatoes with butter mixture

Put in greased dish.  Top with cheese (I used about 1 cup of cheese, but you may want to use more :)  Bake in 350 degree oven for 15-20 minutes or until sides are bubbly and cheese is melted.

Looks pretty good when it comes out!

And AMAZING on your plate!!  Seriously. Amazingly. Yummy.

And we had some with the beef stew from the night before - a perfect compliment!  And, yes, I only ate the beef pieces out of the stew - no squash was had by me :)  But I sure did have a second helping of those potatoes!!