Creamy Mashed Potatoes

This recipe is from "Southern Living" magazine, January 2006. These would great with country fried steak or hamburger steak. Delicious!

• Ready In: 15 mins
• Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 3  tablespoons butter
• 1  large garlic clove, minced
• 1 (22 ounce) bag  frozen mashed potatoes
• 2 1⁄3 cups milk
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt (more or less to your taste)
• 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper (more or less to your taste)

Directions

1. Melt butter in a small saucepan over medium heat; add garlic, and saute until tender. Remove from saucepan. Set aside.
2. Prepare mashed potatoes in saucepan according to package directions, using 2 1/3 cups milk and stirring with a wire whisk.
3. Stir in garlic mixture, salt, and pepper. Let potatoes stand 5 minutes before serving.
4. I add some cayenne pepper and a little bit of shredded cheese to the potatoes. It was really good.