Bacon and Blue Mashed Potato Bake

Recipe is from Southern Living.

• Ready In: 1 hr 5 mins
• Serves: 8

Ingredients

• 4  lbs baking potatoes
• 2  teaspoons salt
• 1 1⁄4 cups  warm buttermilk
• 1⁄2 cup  warm milk
• 1⁄4 cup  melted butter
• 1⁄2 teaspoon pepper
• 1  teaspoon salt
• 1 (4 ounce)  wedge blue cheese, crumbled
• 8  slices bacon, cooked and crumbled

Directions

1. Peel potatoes; cut into 2-inch pieces. Bring potatoes, 2 teaspoons salt, and water to cover to a boil in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat; boil 20 minutes or until tender. Drain. Return potatoes to Dutch oven, reduce heat to low, and cook, stirring occasionally, 3 to 5 minutes or until potatoes are dry.
2. Mash potatoes with a potato masher to desired consistency. Stir in warm buttermilk, warm milk, melted butter, pepper, and 1 teaspoons salt, stirring just until blended.
3. Stir in blue cheese and bacon, and spoon the mixture into a lightly greased 2 1/2-qt. baking dish or 8 (10-oz.) ramekins. Bake at 350° for 35 minutes.