Mashed White Potato Pie Recipe 

Had to laugh about Townsends reference.

Oooh... sad! When told to choose between vanilla and nutmeg, the answer (at least in my house) is BOTH! 😀

For a savory option, leave out the sugar and add some cheese, a little sour cream, caramelized onions, cooked bacon, salt, and pepper.

Those disturbed looks when you ate it haha!

"It's just mashed potatoes in a crust". I love Jules!

WOW that Townsend reference!

Have a good day everyone

Whoa Whoa Whoa Whoa WHOA! I literally had to back up and pause on “PRUNE WHIP PIE!” THAT. SOUNDS. DELICIOUS!!!

For a savoury option, sweated down onions and a bit of garlic. Great with roast beef.

I absolutely love the Sunday morning/"Old Cookbook Show"! This is a very unique recipe. I've never seen it, but I have heard of it before. My grandmother told me that her mother would make what she called, "Mashed Potato Pie". Thank you for making this. I'm gonna try it out for sure.

Watching this gave me an idea for leftover thanksgiving food. Takeout the sugar & vanilla put in leftover turkey & add a little bit of leftover gravy bake it then top it with cranberry sauce. Call it Thanksgiving Pie.

I love your channel. Very authentic, not fussy, and not over edited. I feel like I could be right there with you.

I am looking through a collection of Amish recipes published in 1966 called Pennsylvania Dutch Cook Book of Fine Old Recipes. It has a Berks County Potato Custard Pie. It’s flavored with lemon. The eggs are separated so the whites can be beaten until “rounded peaks are formed.” It’s served warm.

Adding a bit of Cinnamon might be a nice option I would think.

Excellent comments from everyone. I would try savoury as well. Weirdly this made me think of the book The Guernsey literary and potato peel pie society

Always love the faces & the moment of suspense upon the tasting. This one did not disappoint. Thanks, y’all!

Like other suggested a salty flavored version could be a winner, in place of the sugar just add salt, onion and garlic powder, black pepper and cheese. That's a perfect breakfast to me!

OMG....You guys cracked me up with that first taste 😆

Almond extract in there would be lovely

Love the Townsend’s ref! Your show, Glen, and Townsend’s have been great therapy during this pandemic. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

I love that it's kind of a weird thing. And I love your honest reactions!

WOW! We wanted to try this so we used what we had on hand at my little coffeeshop/bakery. We used instant potatoes with butter, (omitted extra butter), vanilla and pumpkin pie spice. We can't decide which is best ... hot out of the oven or cold .. either way, we just keep going back for more!

I love the little tidbits of history you give with these old recipes.

Well made mashed potato is THE most sublime umami taste and texture experience. So go with the cream, but also cheese, bacon, tomato, onion, mushroom, spinach, and yum yum yum!

With a pie that bland, I would have used the nutmeg.

Back in the 50’s my Aunt backed pies and cakes almost daily out of her Eastern Shore of Maryland farm kitchen. She delivered them to the local restaurants and convenience stores for a little money. She made a wonderful white potato pie, very similar to a sweet potato pie. It was one of my favorites. Wish I had her recipe.

Awesome concept. Great base with so much potential for flavorings: - maple syrup - spices (nutmeg, cardamom, ginger, allspice, clove, anise, etc) - dried/candies fruits - chocolate - honey - berry jam etc etc Or go savory like you said - since it’s white potato, make a gnocchi pie. Add a tomato sauce layer, basil, garlic, olive oil - any pot pie flavors (chicken, turkey, beef etc with a mirepoix etc) - prosciutto/guanciale/bacon/ham with cheese With such a simple base, the possibilities are quite literally endless! Awesome channel Glen. I love what you do. Thank you.

Your faces were priceless as you tried to figure out what you were tasting!

My mom use to make those but they where savoury. It was a bottom and top lard pie crust. In with the potatoes was garlic and onion , if we had money she would add a can of salmon. It was wat she made it at the end of the month when times where hard. And to this day it is super comfort food, to be eaten with green homemade ketchup and or chowchow.

Hello Glenn and Julie. Love you guys channel. My mother used to make white potato pie, and she used nutmeg and vannila in her recipe.

Thanks for the shout out to Townsends. Once the Corona should have a conversation about interpreting old recipes. Because you both do it so well.

One of my favorite things about your videos is the honest unscripted appraisal of the results frequently the visual portion of the tasting is priceless regardless of the outcome. I believe this the only channel/ video series that i have seen that does that. I appreciated because in the real world sometimes things go wrong and sometimes you have happy accidents that lead you in the right direction, keep the good work 👍

I remember White Rose potatoes were common at the markets here in California when I grew up, 50's and 60's. Delmonico potatoes use nutmeg, it goes well in savory or sweet dishes. This pie has real possibilities I think.

I am intrigued just by the reactions of the taste test. I might have to try this just to satisfy my curiosity now!

Your Sunday show is quickly becoming part of my routine :) thank you so much for giving us something to look forward to before the dreaded Monday!

#Glen, thanks for the pizza stone tip

I watch almost every recipe and enjoy the channel A LOT. Today, you guys made me laugh out loud!

I like how honest you are about a recipe 👍🏻

MY FAVORITE SHOW!!!!! You inspire me with every episode!

Simple with a million ways to take it! Going to do one this afternoon and go savoury! Stay safe down there.

What a nice looking pie..I will try this...thanks

One thing I've learned from trying recipes from Townsend's (the RU-vid channel), is that nutmeg and sack (sherry) are a really delicious combination.

Thank you for sharing your experience and ideas, definitely we will make it soon.

i would have added the nutmeg along with the vanilla and maybe used maple syrup, molasses, or brown sugar instead of the white sugar for a more complex flavor

My mother used to make white potato pie and it was delicious. Hers tasted like sweet potato pie😋😋

A great recipe to use up some leftovers. My Grandmother used to do something similar with farmers cheese and leftover mashed potatoes in a casserole dish. We called it Grandma’s Cheesecake.

I have a recipe that calls for mashed potatoes and ends up with something that tastes like a Mounds candy bar, so this pie recipe has potential. Never underestimate the power of the potato!

I'm on board with a savoury option, maybe pack in the fillings and make it like a quiche

I've watched a couple hundred of your videos. This is easily the funniest so far.

I would bet there was more spicing/flavoring going on, even in a depression kitchen, if my family is any indication. My grandmothers used cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, allspice and vanilla for sweets. Salt, pepper, sage, bay leaf, mustard seed, and dill for savory. Well, except for Uncle Henry, he decided that since the price of pepper went up he wasn't buying it any more.

Oh my, you made me laugh. Thanks I needed that today!

Cool recipe book! Glad you have lots of audience participation.

Loved the video but the tasting was hilarious. Made this a very fun watch. Thanks for the laughs!

My family has made a savory potato pie for years. It is a recipe from my mother, but I'm not sure where she got it-quite possibly from a long-time family friend who is the daughter of Italian immigrants, born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. It has become a Thanksgiving holiday staple. 2 cups mashed potato 1 lb ricotta cheese 1/2 cup sour cream 2 beaten eggs Garlic Salt & Pepper Paprika Rosemary 1/2 cup chopped scallions Grated Parmesan and/or Romano cheese Makes one large/deep pie. Mix all the ingredients well and pour into a standard par-baked pastry crust (our family often uses a premade crust to use up leftover mashed potatoes). Spread the grated cheese(s) on top before baking. sauce.

My friends ! It looks so delicious. Your cooking skills are amazing. Thank you for the good food.🧡

Glad to be here so early on! Looks delicious already.

Honestly, I did read the title of this video properly before clicking, missed the pie part completely & then was so confused by the sugar & pie crust. Really interesting though. Thanks Glen! 👍

Wow game changer

Hey Glen - just found your channel and I’m hooked! I’ve been binging for the past week. Thanks for the great recipes 😊

Would love to see you make a Västerbotten Cheese Pie, a real treat here in Sweden. Also from the region I live in!

Coconut will help with the texture, I think. As for savoury, it's a potato quiche. Add really sharp cheese and scallions.

I'll try this recipe including both nutmeg and vanilla. thanks

Yay! Glad to see you found a good recipe to feature. Hopefully the others will have something neat in them too. :)

Potato, cheese and onions pies are commonly eaten in England. They are made with either mashed, sliced or cubed potatoes. I’m assuming this is not the case in Canada. So a savoury option of this pie would work! Love watching your videos.

My mom in Baltimore, MD use to make white potato custard on Thanksgiving and she used both vanilla and nutmeg.

As someone who loves sweet potato pie, this pie looks and sounds disturbing.

I wonder how many people are gonna ask about that "Prune Whip Pie" right below that recipe. 🤔

Glen's smile when he tasted it xD hahahaha

There used to be a restaurant in the Dayton, Ohio (Smithville) area a few years ago that sold a depression era recipe "white potato" pie. It used vanilla and nutmeg and was a little flatter than a pumpkin or sweet potato pie in volume but the flavor reminded me of a sweet potato pie. The owners said their mother (or grandmother, don't remember) made the pie during the depression with ingredients that they commonly had. I loved the result but sadly they disappeared and the recipe died with them and their business. If you like sweet potato pie, this was / is a winner!

Here in Scotland we have some potato sweets that are still really popular, called Macaroon bars. They are mashed potatoes and sugar, covered in chocolate and usually some shredded coconut as well. Although I think they probably have way more sugar than this pie

Love this channel. The potato pie with sour cream butter bacon bits covered with a parmesan,

Glen I know this isn’t the topic of the video, but I’ve been making your Detroit Style Pizza Dough. I’ve been making pizza on and off as a hobby for the last couple years and your recipe finally gave me a dough I can come back to again and again, thanks!

OK, I’ll make this my own: puts in category of “never make this”.

I agree with the savory idea. Roughly mashed potatoes with a few chunks left, some browned ground meat, and onions. Cheddar cheese on top, for the last ten minutes. Use shredded chicken, and a take on Chicken aka King, Bulk breakfast sausage, onion, bell pepper, and 6-eggs for about the last ten minutes or so, yolks still liquid to eat it hot, and fully set of you were going to have it cold for lunch. I work on remote sites, and am always looking for lunch ideas beyond sandwiches. A slice of a savory version of this would be great. and, by the way I make savory cheese cakes with seasoned cracker crusts, and various meats as fillings.

Really interesting recipe. It gave me an idea for christmas dinner/lunch: side dish of single portion mashed potatoes in crust. Leave sugar and vanilla out, put butter instead of cream, some hard salty cheese, and here they are, they would look great too on the table 👍🏻

This is the first time I've seen a recipe besides my grandmother making this pie I loved it it tasted to me almost like a cheesecake texture

Hello Glen, I work in the oil industry and in the canteen today they served potato soup. I was amazed how good it was, can you teach us how to make that? Love your dedication and enthusiasm! - Tor

I think I’d want to swap the vanilla extract for either coconut extract or lemon extract. It does make me want to try it, though!

Great episode! Hahaha!

Glen... recipes from Arkansas... your South Fam is needing you

I love the expressions on your faces when you try it.

I love the cross-RU-vidr reference! And I would have to go with Jon on this one and add the nutmeg -- along with the vanilla!

Love the idea of the savory pie. Some cheese, pour some gravy on it. It would make an interesting side for Thanksgiving.

I feel like this white potato pie is popular in the northeastern region of the U.S. I remember seeing this for the first time in a 1970s film that was made in Baltimore, MD. For years I have been researching a good recipe to try. Thank you for posting this.

This makes me think of the homemade Bounty bars my mum used to make. I'd try it with coconut! Though dates sound great, too

Loved the Townsend comment!!!

OH, I could see Julie really trying to sell the mashed potato in a crust... :D

What a lovely strange pie!

Cheese and potato pie was always on the menu when I was at school , you could add onions or sliced tomatoes too

Glen you and I had the same idea at the same moment (well the same moment in the timeline I was watching this) of leaving out the sugar. I have a request. When I was a lad growing up in Northern Ontario, someone - not my Mother - made a carrot soup that was to die for. Normally I'd say that it was my Mother, because it WAS to die for and Mom was a tremendously excellent cook/baker, but she swears it wasn't her. I think it was our next door neighbour but sadly she hasn't been with us for a long time. I know this soup was not creamy, wasn't pure liquid. There were very small chunks of carrot in it. It WAS a thick soup, not watery. If you come across this, or know of it, could you please make this recipe. Simple recipe I know but it was OH SO GOOD. Good enough to remain a warming memory after all these years. Thanks.

GLEN, There is a pie, without the sugar. In the Southern US. It's made with a drained/browned mix of ground beef & sausage - you can add anything else you'd like. It's very nearly a "Pot Pie" & probably a riff off of that

I like the idea! I think it needs one more egg or a yolk though. I'd also substitute sweetened condensed milk (thickened with lemon juice) for some of the sugar to give it more structure.

I've had this, it was good. It had all of those things but brown sugar and cinnamon. I knew a guy that sold dinners in NC. He always had it on the menu

My grandmother’s (who would have had very young children in 1933) potato pie is a salmon and potato pie. Mashed potato, a can or leftover salmon, one egg, salt and pepper. Mix, bake, serve with a lemon butter sauce, parsley or ketchup. Perhaps there were two eggs, I don’t remember as I haven’t made it in over twenty years.

I would say someone had left over mashed potatoes and said I need to make something with these so they don't go to waste.

We have this in the uk as a "butter pie" its super nice, just a potato and butter in a proper pie

i actually think glen's suggestion of making it savoury was spot on.

One thing I do a lot is I infused liquids with tea. I use black tea often, and I bet if you brew a black or chai tea into the milk/cream before adding it to the pie filling, you could have a whole array of flavors available to be added. Including more savory options.

When I read the title of this video, my brain went the savoury route. I thought this would be some sort of potato-y kind of quiche, with herb and melted butter. I was quite wrong. I do really adore potatoes, so I still might give it a go.

This halfway reminds me of when me and my friends would get blasted, go to denny's at 1am and dip french fries in the frosting for the pancake balls