Mashed Potato Ghosts
This recipe is delicious. Make mashed potatoes or spoon into a buttered casserole dish, wither way they are wonderful.
Servings 6 servings
Ingredients
- 4 pounds large white potatoes
- 3/4 stick unsalted butter, cut into pieces
- 1 14 oz can evaporated milk, plus more if needed
- 2 large egg yolks
- salt and pepper, to taste
- 2 green onions, thinly sliced
- 4 tablespoons crispy bacon crumbled
- 1 tablespoon black sesame seeds, caraway seeds, or flax seeds (for eyes)
- potato masher or electric mixer
- pastry bag with 2/4-inch plain tip
- baking sheet
- large pot for boiling potatoes
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375° F
- Place potatoes in a large pot.
- Cover with water; bring to a boil and boil over medium high heat until potatoes are fork tender about 30 to 40 minutes. Remove pan from heat and drain well.
- Add butter, milk, eggs, salt, pepper, green onions and bacon.
- Whip on high with an electric mixer until potatoes are creamy or mash potatoes with a potato masher until creamy.
- Set aside until cool enough to handle.
- When potatoes are cool enough to handle, spoon potatoes into pastry bag and pipe potatoes onto a baking sheet sprayed with non-stick cooking spray, in the shape of ghosts.
- Place two black sesame seeds, caraway seeds or flax seeds for the eyes.
- Bake in oven until potatoes are light brown.