Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes Recipe

1 medium head hardneck garlic

1 tablespoon olive oil 

2 pounds potatoes - peeled and quartered 

4 tablespoons unsalted butter

1/2 cup whole milk (or 1/4 cut half-and-half & 1/4 cup milk)

sea salt and freshly ground pepper to taste 

Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes Recipe

Why have regular mashed potatoes, when you can have garlic mashed potatoes!  They are so easy to make... And oh so good!

Directions:

Pre-heat oven to 350F 

1. Peel excess paper off full head of hard-neck garlic. Drizzle garlic with olive oil and wrap in aluminum foil and place in baking pan. Place in 350-degree pre-heated oven, and bake for 1 hour.

2. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil.

3. Add potatoes, and cook until tender, about 15-20 minutes.

4. Drain, cool and mash.

5. Stir in butter, milk/half-and-half, salt and pepper.

6. Remove the garlic from the oven, and cut head in half.

7. Squeeze the softened cloves into the potatoes and stir/mash until desired consistency is achieved.