we HOMESTEAD ya Hey Yall, Cmon In! pe How to Make Dehydrated Potato Flakes from Scratch by This post may contain affllate inks, which won't cost you extra to purchase but helps support this site. Thank you for your support! Him Heather Nove the simple things in life ke family, gardening and food praserving, and think atening chickens i far mare entertaining than TV any day.join me anc my family swe get our “urbansteading" on ancilveife on the rural side! Connect With Me! pe oO @ ee Looking For Something? You're Sure to Love These from Scratch nce Damas How to Make Potato Flakes From Scratch eer eSBuying boxed potato flakes for quick and easy mashed potatoes may seem like a great idea most of the time, right? There are some weird ingredients the most popular brand that | want to avoid and |like giving my family wholesome foods. Of course, you can easily store potatoes in a root cellar to last all winter long. So why would | bother making my ‘own potato fiakes? For several reasons,1. Because I can, 2. grow my own potatoes and this is another great way to preserve the harvest) will o*=n can my potatoes for longer storage, since | don't have a root cellar, But want another way to store them without taking up so much room, and have you tried putting 2 SOlb. ‘sack of potatoes in 8 bug out bag? That same amount can fit into 2 1/2 gallon sized ‘mason jar, or a gallon sized ziploc bag with room to push out the air and save space and weight. f had to bug out, I certainly wouldn't want to lug a huge sack of taters with me. Dehdyrating your own potato flakes isnt’ hard at all. Just requires a bit of time and effort up front to get going, You start by washing and peeling your potatoes. You could leave the skins on, but the end result may be onthe bitter side. Once the potatoes are peeled, bring to a boil ina large pot with ‘enough water to cover. Cook until the potatoes are done, with a fork or knife going thru them easily, You want them a bit on the mushier side. Once the potatoes are done, DO NOT DRAIN. You want the cooking water to mash them with, This isnt the time to season or use milk or butter. That will come when you cook and rehydrate the flakes. Put the potatoes in a mixing bowl and whip with only the cooking water until smooth. | used my kitchen aid for this, but you could do it with a hand mixer or even masher 5 vou wanted. You want it ¢s smooth as possible. InfluencerLay the mashed potatoes out ona dehydrator sheet. used the Excalibur dehydrator and the sheets for this. You will want to dehydrate the potatoes at 140° for about 24-36 hours, depending on how thick you put the potatoes on. | made them thicker than | should have the first time, and some turned black on me, Tasted the exact same, but it was a weird color and a bit off putting for my family. The thinner the potatoes are, the faster they dry, and the less likely they are to turn black, After 12-15 hours, check the potatoes and “lip" the pieces that are dried over. This will help get more air circulating to them and in turn dry faster. You'll know they are finished when they “break Instead of "bend" and they are a whitish golden color. oo Sem the debedeater ced nlare in either a Khemslee ne feed mepeecencenbreak up into flakes. Store in an airtight container. | use mine up each year, but if there is no water in them, the shelf life could be at least a couple years stored airtight. To use your dehydrated potato flakes bring 2/3 cup water and 1 Tablespoon butter to a boil. Turn off the heat and add 11/4 cup milk and stir in 2/3 cup flakes. Add more butter or milk to taste, as this recipe will make potatoes that are on the "stiffer" side, Be sure to add this to your favorite pinterest board for later Sign up for opr P newsletter and get” our FREE "Stocks and Broth” ecourse ") Sea ‘email, full of tips and tricks to help you Cee Fait Powered by AWeber Email Marketing ls ‘| (2)Comments Kara Carrero says January 13,2015 20 12:27 pm e Ob this is great to have on hand ~ thank you! Reply Heather says Juary 13,2015 a 18 pn you are welcome! Reply Michelle Kimball Argyle says, Sony 2153p AY | have seen oven canning for items like popcorn and rice. Have you ‘vied this method with your potatoes? Im curious to see what the shetf life would be, Reply hippygitl says January 14,2015 2733 pm | havent ever oven canned. usually just use the food saver vacuum ‘sealer. But. | will try itand see if can update the post with that info! Reply Punky L Morrison-Richey says January 14,2015 2 11:29 pm How many cups of water and how many potatoes to use ? Without draining water. Thank you. Reply Heather says January 15,2015 a 834 am Use as many potatoes as you want. and have enough water to cover ‘them while cooking. You just want to have the cooking water to mash them up with Reply allywilliams05 says January 15,2015 2¢1225 am Wonder if | could do this with caulifiower fora low carb “Fauxtatoe ‘experience? Thoughts? Reply Heather says January 15, 2015 a 838 9(ON, IIGES 20 INTEFESHINE lear | May Nave to Eran some caul today! mower Reply ‘Amber Mourglea says january 15,2015 38720 mm | am assuming that is for one serving?? Reply Heather says January 15, 2015 at 833 9 yes. that is one serving size, Reply Jennifer Menough says January 15,2015 26429 pm | have been given 2 LOAD of potatoes so this is perfect timing. Can you imix the kinds of potatoes? Like red, yellow and russet together? Reply hippygirl says January 15,2015 at 827 pm | honestly dont see why you couldnt do that. | bet that would give it ‘a lot more flavor in the end as well! Reply vickie says Janary20, 20 759 am This would be great in the fall when we can get potatoes very cheap. It has gotten lately where | havent wanted to buy so much because they spoil. could do this and have them for quite a while! Love this thanks for the how to Reply Jade @ Jonesin For Taste says January 21,2015 3¢209 pm This isso fantastict rm sharing this and cant wait to try it out! Reply Heather says January 22 2015 a 930 am ‘Awesome! Please let me know how it works out for you! Reply Nicki Ruiz-Call says Febraary 2015 ¢ 923 rm Would this also workin an oven at a bit higher heat (170721 know ‘sometimes these recipes can be tweaked, and as I donit have 2 dehydrator, ‘wonder if| could still take advantage of this method.Reply: Heather HippyHomesteader says. February 5, 2015 a 1:14am Its very possible, and rd say worth a shott Reply Kay says September 25,2015 ac 104 ‘Also if u have a convection oven it may work faster because it works vith a fan moving ar. Reply margem says February 5,2015 at 917 pr [im new to your site, but! have to say this isthe neatest idee | have ‘ever seen! Thanks Reply Heather HippyHomesteader says February6, 2015 335 am Hi Margert Thanks for coming by! | am glad you enjoyed this, Idea.Jet me know how it works for you! Reply Amy says February 26,2015 at 942 pm If you dont want to sit there peeling potatoes... after bolling them, place them in a bowl of ice water for a few seconds. Then, just grab it with both hands. ist. and pull apart. The skin should slide right off. some people ‘suggest scoring the middle before balling) | just found this trick a few days ago ‘and now seeing your idea | think it is time to test it outlll What a great idea. | never would have thought lakes would be so easy to do! Thank for this postt Reply Heather Harris says February 27, 2015 at 857 am thats a great ideat rm going to try that trickt Reply Shannon Brown says ‘August 28,2015 ac 64 pn Great trick! fm definitely one who doesnt enjoy peeling! Reply Kathy says, uy 30,2015 | had a 5 Ib bag of potatoes that | had letsitto long, so | decided to 1y this. Peeled the potatoes and cooked them whole. Once done | mixed 1/2 T citric ‘acid witha litle cold water then added ites I mashed them (to help keep the 35amflipped them about 1/2 way through. Then ran them through the blender, and, put them back on the tray for about 1/2 hour, ust to be sure they were dry. They tumed out great rehydrated well. For 5 Ibs of potatoes, | got 11 02 dry, Which works out to 2.2 02 dry = 1Ib. So 1/4 cup of flakes will rehydrate to about 1 lb of mashed potataes. if you are making up packages for camping you can ‘30d powdered butter and powdered milk. just increase your water to cover the fact you arent adding reg. milk. Reply Jason Wright says August 24, 2015 0¢ 1258 pm Do you think that you could do this effectively with pumpkin or squash? | dont enjoy pressure canning pumpkin puree, and would lave to have home ‘grown ingredients for purpkin pies/breads all year long. Reoly Heather Harris says ‘augue 27,2015 31:11 am | have never tried that..worth a shot. thought You may want to ‘consider freezing the puree. t00. Reply Sue says Februar 1, 2017 a 132 pm From all| read, pumkin and squash should always be canned in ‘chunks or cubes, Due the heat not permeateting through. make It unsafe to, ‘can puried foods. | could be wrong. Reply Heather Harris says February 13,2017 at 938 om thats whet my understand Reply Rachel Johnson says September 25,2015 2¢ 9320 pm | really want these, tried it last year. Coincidentally following this exact, procedure. When rehydrating they were like paste! fm assuming Its a starch issue, do you knew what | might have done wrong? Ever had that problem? Reply Heather Harris says ‘Ocmaber, 2015 a8 1.9m ' had to use more water with some rehydrated batches...ict really ‘sure why, to be honest. Perhaps the starch stayed in longer when drying? Reply Dana Scully says Jerry 13,2016. 238 pm In my opinion, the potatoes were over mixed through using either a‘starches and a gluey consistency, this is true even if you dehydrate it and then reconstitute it, The best thing to do is mash the drained potatoes normally using a masher until they are fluffy but not overworked, then ‘ehydrate. There is no need to include so much water, since its just added work for your dehydrator. After the potatoes are dry, its easy to bust them up_ with 3 food processor anyway. which eliminates any lumps which may have been left by processing. Reply Heather Harris says J5nin9/ 19, 2016 at 855.97 ‘sneen what Dana said BE Reply Justme says ‘September 30,2015 2t 423 pm | tried this with sweet potatoes. They came out excellent, Reply Heather Harris says ‘ciate 6, 2015 2c 209 am ‘thats great to know! ill have to uy it with sweet potatoes nextt Reply Lois says ty 3, 2016 9 105 pm Interesting Ideat! | would not have thought to caok the potatoes before dehydrating them. Himmmm. Have you tried drying raw potato slices? Maybe using @ mandoline slicer on a really fine setting? fm just curious. Would lave to hear if anyone has tried this. Reply Heather Harris says July 5, 2016 21219 pm | vied that. but since they were nat blanced. they tured an ugly black color. it didnt affect the taste, but my family wouldnt eat them. Reply Marcia Fuksa says ‘August 22, 2016 31220 pm ‘oh my YES1!| use my mandoline to siice the potatoes (1 eave the ‘kins on) and then blanch til you can “see” through them but dont make them into mush. Rinse in COLD water and place on dehydrator as per instructions. They turn out GREATII Reply Heather Harris says ‘August 23,2016 2833 Its awesom: long: it? Great way to store and use them all yearLaura says July 16, 201601035 am ave u ever try baking your potatoes first then add enough hot water ‘so twill mash up to look ike mash potatoes? Reply Heather Harris says ‘by 17,2016 0110.2 pn Ihave never tied baking them.. I ty that to see what's up with it iat an interesting thought. Maybe Reply Lynn says Jhly 16,2016 01 95 pr Hi, | tried making these and they would not rehydrate property. | was ‘0 disapointed cause | thought this would be such a great idea, There were parts of the potatoes that just never softened up. | could try cooking them longer but then they wouldnt be “Instant” potatoes. Anyone else have that problem? Reply Heather Harris says |b 17, 201601101 pm honestly car’ say for sure why..ours have never had an issue. Maybe not enough liquid? Reply Dale Harris says November, 20163415 9m ‘This is the hard way | Just peal and slice and put in lemon Juice while ‘am working pat cry put in hycerator ‘when done | use them for scalloped potatoes or run them through the processer for mashed Also do pumpkin to rehydrate back into pumpkin ple Reply Heather Harris says November 2,2016 31221 pm ‘thanks for sharing that tip! Reply Emerald says March 25, 2017 ¢ 50 pm Ive dehydrated potatoes in a few forms and one of my favorites is to use a poteto ricer. | get the trays ready and | dont even have to peel the Potatoes. it works with them boiled or even big baked potatoes, Once the ppotataes are cooked through | Just cut in half ar quarters if large baking russets) and get the tray out and squeeze those hot potatoes right onto the dehydrating trays. The skins stay in the ricer so you just remove them between ssquishes. Do not mash them down but try to get them even while squishing_ ETERS SEIS IESE GINS IVS EY | RAY SE INBIISSE SEEN WN NE ‘so hours. less sometimes, like for the baked potatoes and more for the boiled. | do check them and flip the thicker areas and break them up a bit. After they are {uly crispy and dry | sometimes break them up more in the food processor but ‘most times they fall apart in litte tiny beads/rice shapes and they do well for mashed potataes or | add a few scoops to any creamy soup ta add mare oomph {to it and make it nice and thick so not using a lot of extra cream or even cornstarch to thicken #8 | have found that with rehydrating its a bit of tial and error as each batch of taters seems to want its own amount of liquids, The dried potatoes remind me ‘almost of potata buds. for more instant 'd bet whizzing them in the food processor tll almost powdered would wark great too. Hope this helps others PIS love your blog. 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