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.
- 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
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.