Baked Creamed Potatoes

Name: Baked Creamed Potatoes
Yield: 10 portions
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 2.25 kg mashed potatoes (see Mashed Potatoes); 25 g margarine, melted; 50 g brown breadcrumbs

Creamy mashed potatoes spread in a baking dish, marked in a scroll pattern, sprinkled with brown breadcrumbs and melted margarine and browned at the top of the oven.

Serves 10
Oven-browned
Made with mashed potatoes
British

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Ingredients for 10 · Metric

Ingredients

2.25 kg mashed potatoes (see Mashed Potatoes)
25 g margarine, melted
50 g brown breadcrumbs

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Estimated cost

£2.55 total · £0.25 per portion

How we worked it out

mashed potatoes (see Mashed Potatoes)	£2.08	Tesco, 30 Oct 2026
margarine	£0.11	Tesco, 30 Oct 2026
brown breadcrumbs	£0.36	Tesco, 30 Oct 2026

Prices per item for the amount used, from Tesco’s website, checked 30 Oct 2026. Regular shelf prices, not member offers.

Based on real supermarket prices: Tesco (UK) and Walmart (US, from walmart.com and via Instacart), checked 30 October 2026. Costs are for the amounts used, not whole packs; prices vary by shop, area, season and pack size; store-cupboard items are not costed.

Method

Place the mashed potatoes in baking dishes and scroll the top surface (mark it in a scroll pattern with a palette knife).
Sprinkle with brown breadcrumbs and a little melted margarine.
Brown in the top of a hot oven (220°C (200°C fan)).

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Shopping list for 10 portions

Fruit & veg

2.25 kg mashed potato

Dairy & eggs

25 g margarine

Baking

50 g brown breadcrumbs

Converted from the original Cookeryonline recipe card (No. 4).