Reviewed: Apr. 26, 2012

I made this recipe without reading the reviews. Which I should have. Most reviewers are saying do not add the sugar. Man, were they right. I will make them again, this time sans sugar. Great taste overall but without the sugar and more salt, maybe even a tad more garlic/garlic powder they will get 5 stars!!!

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lrng2cook85

Cooking Level: Beginning

Home Town: Saint Charles, Missouri, USA

Living In: Fredericksburg, Virginia, USA

Reviewed: Apr. 9, 2012

I am trying to figure what I did wrong when making these potatoes, when everyone else on this site seemed to love them! I made them exactly according to the recipe, except that I omitted the sugar. I will say that the half cup, i.e., entire stick of butter, made them taste greasy and heavy. They basically tasted like heavy, greasy, garlicky potato paste. I also couldn't taste the steak seasoning -- should have added more, and I had to add a lot of salt to balance out the garlic. I made them for Easter and it was sort of embarassing because no one in my family seemed to like them either. :(

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JESSICA2111

Reviewed: Mar. 29, 2012

The only thing I am complaining about in this recipe is the raw garlic. I don't mind raw garlic I just didn't care for it in potatoes. My younger kid wouldn't eat them after one bite, but that was understandable. Anyway, great potatoes other than that!

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Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Houston, Texas, USA

Living In: Santa Fe, Texas, USA

Reviewed: Mar. 12, 2012

DO NOT ADD SUGAR!!! Would have been great without it, unfortunately, I did not sample the potatoes before I added it. :(

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pifrwd82

Reviewed: Mar. 10, 2012

I am preparing to make these for a second time per my girlfriends request. So, yes they are that good. I like every one else eighty-sixed the sugar.

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badlildube

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA

Reviewed: Feb. 28, 2012

This is a great recipe. I did make a few changes: used milk instead of cream, cut the butter down a little bit, and omitted the sugar. I think it's key to avoid overcooking the cubed red potatoes, so they don't end up too watery/mushy. Also use a good steak seasoning that's not too overpowering. I use Emeril's all natural steak rub, and get better flavor results with that then my Penzey's chicago-style steak seasoning. I also don't bother using a blender at the end, since I like to keep the texture of the red potato skin intact. This is a really good place to start if you want to make restaurant style creamy garlic mashed potatoes.

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happywifeface

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Living In: Nashville, Tennessee, USA

Reviewed: Feb. 7, 2012

These were very good!! I left out the sugar, as other reviewers mentioned doing. To cut down the calories, I also cut the butter in half and omitted the half-and-half, and used 1/2 cup of plain fat-free yogurt instead (next time I might use 3/4-1 cup of yogurt). The tangyness of the yogurt worked really well with the garlic in the potatoes. With these changes, I think these will be my go-to mashed potatoes from now on. I also didn't have any steak seasoning, so I left that out.

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Rose

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Reviewed: Jan. 26, 2012

The sugar ruined these. I will try them again, but just omit the sugar and add salt.

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Andrea

Reviewed: Jan. 18, 2012

No where near enough liquid. They made a good potato puff & shepherd pie though! Absolutely left out the sugar.

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lisaxmarie19

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Jan. 18, 2012

Great recipe, but since we don't enjoy anything sweet with a meal, didn't even consider adding the sugar. The potatoes were absolutely great without it! I did however, add a bit more garlic.

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