Slow Cooker Potatoes (Melanie Feser)

 Photo courtesy Damn Delicious
                   Recipe from Melanie Feser

Ingredients:

5 pounds Serra gold potatoes or red potatoes, diced with peel
1 C water
1 C butter, cut into chunks
1 TBSP salt
3/4 tsp ground black pepper
1 1/3 Cups milk, warmed

Instructions:

• 1. Wash and place potatoes, water, and butter into a slow cooker
• 2. Season with salt and pepper
• 3. Cover, and cook on high for 4 hours
• 4. Do not remove the excess water from the slow cooker. This adds to the creamy texture.
• 5. Mash potatoes with a masher or electric beater, adding the desired amount of warm milk to achieve the desired consistency.
• 6. Keep warm on low until serving.
• 7. Potatoes keep consistency for  a couple of hours after mashing. Just keep lid on slow cooker and serve directly from there.

This recipe is also yummy when done only through step 3, and super easy.