While I typically do my own recipes, I had to share this absolutely delicious mashed potato recipe that was written by Sarah, a fellow blogger who writes for the blog East 9th Street. Since Thanksgiving is coming up, you probably will be Googling for the tastiest, easiest mashed pototoes recipe. I mean Thanksgiving is about turkey yes, but mashed potatoes is like the icing on the cake! Well look no further for a mashed potato recipe! Here it is:

Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Ingredients:
1 head garlic
1 teaspoon olive oil
4 medium russet potatoes, peeled
3-4 tablespoons butter
1/4-1/2 cup milk or heavy cream (or more)
1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt (or 3/4 teaspoon table salt)
1 teaspoon minced fresh chives

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 400F. Cut off the top 1/2-inch of the garlic off. Lay garlic on piece of tin foil, drizzle olive oil over garlic cloves and close tin foil. Roast for 45 minutes or until the garlic has softened completely and is very tender. Let cool and squeeze out the roasted garlic cloves. Coarsely chop.

2. In the meantime, place the potatoes in a large pot and cover with water by 1 inch. Cover and bring to boil and cook for 20-25 minutes over medium heat, until you can easily pierce the potato with a fork with very little resistance. Drain potatoes.

3. In the pot, add 4 tablespoons of butter, 1/2 cup of heavy cream, salt and roasted garlic and turn the heat to low. Use a potato masher to mash the potatoes into the pot. Stir the potatoes. Do not over mix or the mashed potatoes will turn gummy. Taste and season with additional salt or milk if needed. Stir in chives.

Enjoy!