We’ve got the cutest and most delicious holiday side dish to share with you: Mashed Potato Snowmen! Using Gwillimdale Farms white potatoes you can make a thick and creamy homemade mashed potato recipe. Shaped into 3-tiered snowmen, decorated with a carrot sliver nose, peppercorn eyeballs and, and fresh rosemary arms. Easy, family-friendly, and festive! View the entire recipe below when you’re ready to get cooking, or keep scrolling to see step-by-step photos and cooking tips for how to make a mashed potato snowman.
Snowman Potatoes
We’ve got the cutest and most delicious holiday side dish to share with you: Mashed Potato Snowmen! Using Gwillimdale Farms white potatoes you can make a thick and creamy homemade mashed potato recipe. Shaped into 3-tiered snowmen, decorated with a carrot sliver nose, peppercorn eyeballs and, and fresh rosemary arms. Easy, family-friendly, and festive! View the entire recipe below when you’re ready to get cooking, or keep scrolling to see step-by-step photos and cooking tips for how to make a mashed potato snowman.
Ingredients
- 8 cups Gwillimdale Farms Potatoes, peeled and cubed
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/2 cup milk, approximately
- 1/2 tsp salt (adjust to taste)
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
Decoration
- 1 Gwillimdale Farms Carrot, finely shredded
- 16 pink peppercorns
- 8 sprigs fresh rosemary
Instructions
- In a saucepan, cook the potatoes in salted water until very tender, about 15 minutes. Drain.
- With a masher, mash the potatoes with the butter. With an electric mixer, purée the mixture with the milk. Adjust the seasoning. The purée should be firm.
- With three different sizes of ice cream scoops, shape three balls of potatoes.
- Create the eyes with two pink peppercorns, the nose with a piece of carrot and place a sprig of rosemary as the snowman arms.