Mark's Mashed Potatoes

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 3 large baking potatoes
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1 cup milk (too much will make them runny)
• 2 tablespoons thyme
• salt and pepper
• 2 tablespoons garlic powder

Recipe

• 1 fill 3 qt sauce pan half way with water.
• 2 add garlic powder, thyme, and (aprox. 3 tbs) salt.
• 3 bring to low boil and add potatoes cubed into 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 inch pieces.
• 4 let boil until a fork will easily penetrate large pieces.
• 5 drain off water and add salt and pepper to taste, butter (tastes better that margarine) and milk (carefully).
• 6 mash potatoes (i use a waffled round hand potatoe masher instead of a mixer because i like lumpy, but that takes some elbow grease).
• 7 you can work with the ingredients a bit to get the right texture.