Recipe: Baked Mashed Potatoes with Crispy Potato Skins

Baked Mashed Potatoes with Crispy Potato Skins

3 large potatoes, scrubbed
1/4 cup butter
Ground nutmeg
2 large egg yolks
1/4 cup whipping cream
2 tbsp butter, melted

Preheat oven to 400F.

Place potatoes on baking sheet and bake until tender, about 1 hour.

Increase oven temperature to 450F. Butter 8-inch square glass baking dish.

Cut potatoes lengthwise in half. Scoop out insides of potatoes and place in bowl. Reserve skins.

Add 1/2 cup butter to hot potatoes and beat until smooth. Season to taste with nutmeg, salt and pepper. Beat in egg yolks, then whipping cream.

Spoon mashed potatoes into prepared baking dish. Cut potato skins into 1/2-inch wide strips. Place on baking sheet. Pour 2 tablespoons melted butter over skins; toss well.

Bake mashed potatoes and potato skins until mashed potatoes are golden and skins are crisp, about 10 minutes.

Mound mashed potatoes in bowl. Top with skins and serve.