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Dear John, I'm 55 years old now and truly love some of the simple but delicious dishes - such as creamy MASHED potatoes! Mr Fox, however is a little more fussy and prefers things "fried"! I'm hoping to make these baked goodies with a side of bacon and beans in the hope he'll not notice they weren't fried! 🤣😘Big hugs x

Hi chef John, I am kind of going through a rough patch nowadays and hearing your voice with the cheerful attitude and the dad jokes reminds of better times 😊 I really appreciate what you do and who you are, thank you for that! Love from Israel Yochai OMG! A year later and thanks to a notification on the last comment I got to see all of this amazing support! This is how I KNOW food people are good people :) I’m really overwhelmed by each and everyone of you, taking a few moments of your time to give love and show kindness to a complete stranger! A year later a lot has changed for the better :) P.s Jamil my neighbor Arab friends were pretty supportive;)

"Mixin and mashin, smearin and smashin" Every recipe I have made of yours has been delicious!

I always like the little "back in culinary school. . ." tips. It's like I'm getting my chef's degree, one video at a time.

Chef John, you're a legend.

Chef John, my husband and I appreciate how you have taught us *how* to cook, learning how to use our eyes and taste when cooking. We’ve been watching your videos for years, we appreciate you. You’re still the genuine Chef John I remember from the early videos with a great sense of humor. Have a wonderful day. Thank you for sharing this part of yourself with the world.

I have a stomach bug and can’t partake in much more than a sip of ginger ale every half hour, but watching Chef John videos are still so comforting. Thanks Chef! ❤️

You'll always be buds to the friends you serve these spuds.

Love you Chef, great work as usual. Pate choux is usually only made in my kitchen when making zeppoles. I want give these a go.

I’m going to add grated Parmesan!

I cannot wait. My family is absolutely going to love these. Thank you

Chef John I just uploaded a video making this dish because of you. You are truly an inspiration for me. Your videos are awesome and easy to follow. I hope you don't find this comment to be self-promoting, but rather a thank you for your work.

Ifeel like the dog from “Up” is narrating this. Love it

I'm loving this. He's talking out loud how I talk in my head when I'm cooking❤❤❤

Just made these! My husband and I love them! Great with roast beef French and U.K. style with Yorkshire puddings. A nice light alternative to the heavier roast potato! Reckon they must be good with beef and any roast, any style! Definitely on our menu and on my ways to cook potatoes list!! Thank you so much!👍👏😊

Interesting! And absolutely a recipe suitable for experimentation. "I'm just showing you the basic chords here, you have to write your own song." Wise advise.

G'day Chef John, Don't know how I missed this fantastic recipe/method. At my food trades' school, many moons ago, we kinda did the opposite and deep fried our Duchess Potato mixture when the instructor wasn't looking. We dumb kids thought we'd invented a new dish; but, as you know, there is no new thing under the sun when it comes to basic staples like potato recipes. Word got around and our instructor, with a totally straight face, gave us a lesson where we had to make Duchess mix and then deep fry it. He then trotted out some impossible to say French culinary term and, voila, he threw our little kitchen prank back at us and we all learned something that day... never try to out-cook your instructor, and instructors like to 'play' with their food as much as the silly kids they are teaching. By the time we finished the course we were great mates with all our instructors. 'Food Makes Friends'; a motto that should be adopted by the UN, NATO, ANZUS and any other organisation that is trying to bring about world peace! If we were all too busy enjoying each other's culinary histories we'd have no time for wars... all our soldiers would be too fat to fight! Cheers, and I hope you and your better half are well and happy, Chef. BH

I made these tonight and they turned out perfect! So light and fluffy, and golden! A nice alternative to the traditional, fried recipe.

Honestly, your narration is awesome. It adds so much when so many others are tolerated. I appreciate you.

WOW! Loving this recipe! You knocked this one out of the park!

I was inspired by this recipe and accidentally made the greatest thing ever. I call 'em "samosa puffs." CJ, if you see this comment in all the noise, you gotta try this: - Mash some potatoes. I kept it simple: potatoes, butter, salt, pepper. - Add some curry powder and (if ya got it) a bit of garem masalla to the mash. Rather tasty on its own! - Throw a diced onion, carrot, and some (frozen) peas into a pan. Season w/ curry, salt, pepper, and cumin. - Cook until carrots are soft and onions are translucent. Combine veggies w/ mash. - In the same pan (to soak up the leftover spices), make your pastry dough. I used the water left from making the mash. - Let dough cool, add an egg or two and a dash of baking powder, and combine with the mash. - Scoop into roll-size servings and bake at 450F for 25min. Serve with a mango or cilantro chutney. HOLY CALAMITY, it's so so good!

I made these for my family yesterday. So simple and so delicious! Thank you Chef John! This is a fantastic base as is but adding truffle and Parmesan would be amazing. Cheddar and bacon. Sour cream and chives. The options are endless. Thank you so much for introducing me to this. I know I’ll make them again and again. I wish you could have seen my family’s faces when they tried them. Utterly delicious.

Check out the recipe: www.allrecipes.com/Recipe/268773/Baked-Potato-Puffs/

tried this recipe tonight. so good. I used a higher ratio of potato and it ended up nice and brown on the bottom, and creamy mashed potato in the middle. so good.

I vote “Puffin” as the new name. Puffy potato muffin

I know its been three years, but its today and you are as inspiring as ever. Thank you.

I am definitely a potato lover with mashed and baked being my favorites. Thank you for sharing!!!

The oven baked potato puffs look much nicer than the deep fried ones, I think. A wonderful recipe! I'll definitely try this one.

The Cayenne has entered the building, along with a hint of Townsends favorite spice.

Your SPEECH pattern puts a SMILE on my face... Love your stuff...

Your wife and family are so blessed! A funny guy who cooks amazing food! Be blessed.

You are the Vincent Van Gogh on how you make your mashed potato dough.

I made Chef John's "other version" (Gougeres) from years ago, I mixed in a ton of cheddar cheese and a "shaka shake" of Garlic powder and finely ground Rosemary into the hot potatoes and whipped them in my stand mixer, then added the eggs when things cooled down...5 or 6 years later, people still talk about me making those fresh at my buddy and his wife's Wedding Anniversary party.

Nice job, John! The little puffs are perfect! THANK YOU!!! ♡

I just made these at work and now we're looking at a new menu item. THANK YOU CHEF!

I love how every sentence sounds like it's never ending.

amazing! :D i love how he slips into "potatah" sometimes

Baked version of these paired with fried cabbage was a match made in heaven...thank you so much, FW!

My wife got tired of my "but chef John said...". So now I'm the one cooking and needles to say, it's mostly one of your dishes. Thank you for all those great and easy to follow videos and of course the great dad jokes.

my hubs jokes that if I moved to Idaho I'd be the potato queen. lol I want to try this! They look amazing. I want these for ALL the meals.

I want to inject one with sour cream and top it with some sturgeon roe. Well, not one... About eight.

Ok Chef! You are killing us with your absolutely wonderful videos!!! Thanks for sharing!!!

Delicious, making these for sure. Love anything with potatoes. Thanks for sharing

You can never, ever, have too many potato recipes. Watched a documentary once, with Anton Edelmann, Chef de Cuisine at the Savoy..... he hauled a hand-written book from under his desk, about 6 inches thick ...loose pages coming out all over. All of it, just ways of preparing potato.

I survived the Fall 2018 KZfaq outage! Now I can watch my favourite cooking channel

You are the Mr Fluff of these Baked Potato Puffs!!! Perfect for kids on thanksgiving.

I made this last week and my husband LOVED them. Thank u

Looks delicious! I’m going to try this with sweet potato!

I want to do this and add cheese and bacon.

Wonderful recipe. I made these w/scotch eggs the other night. My husband loved them. I've added the ingredients here so I can make them in the next few days. Thank you, Chef John! 👌😋 Excellent!

These turned out absolutely delicious! I added green onions and black pepper to them. All the recipes I have tried from this channel have been on point and loved by my family. Thank you!

Woohoo chef, you are the Puff Daddy. Unless of course that's trademarked. Then you're just a...um....er....Potato Poppa!

Boil 'em, Mash 'em, Bake in Pate Choux.

Definitely have to try this recipe..looks delicious and could really take it up a notch in so many ways. TY for posting.. great job

These look amazing! I can't wait to try these.

I bet a dessert version of this with a honey butter glaze and dessert friendly spices would be awesome. Or maybe a sweet potatoes version with a dusting of powdered sugar.

I love your voice Jesus you remind me of some kindly old grandad rambling on to his grandkids about how he made a thing

You are such a good storyteller. You make cooking so fun!

Oooh, so delicious looking!! Love the baking idea.

I love potatoes. I will definitely be trying this recipe. I hope you can make the French aligot recipe one day. It's apparently becoming this big deal on Instagram. I would love to see your spin on this French dish.

I better click like before Chef John gives me the oooooold poka poka in the stomach with a knife

Taking a break from making food all day to eat Lunch, and watch Chef John make food ☺️👌 Looks and sounds amazing as always

Awesome adaptation of a recipe. I didn't think I would want to make these but seeing him break into one at 5:32 I am now sold! Looks delicious!!

It's 1 AM where I live and now I'm desperately hungry. Chef John, are you trying to kill me? I need potatoes, STAT. (Also my broke, heathen self mashes potatoes with an empty wine bottle. Works fabulously.)

*Awwww hell yeah!*

I am always in the very best of moods when I run across your videos

Oh yum, Chef John! These look wonderful along with that perfect egg!

It's 500pm, IAM SITTING HERE WATCHING, IT'S TIME to get sumthin to eat now I want stick my hand thur the screen lololololo .Cashmere

I want to stuff them with meat. Like a shepherds pie

Yummmmmmm! I happened to have leftover mashed potatoes in the fridge, which were Yukon gold mashed with milk, butter, salt and pepper. I took them out of the fridge and made the dough as you described. I doubled the recipe, and added a double-handful (haha precise measuring...not!) of shredded cheddar cheese. Oh my goodness, were these ever wonderful! I am so happy you posted this recipe, thank you!

I love how much chef John loves potatoes.

These puffs look and probably taste really good, but they come in second to Kronk's spinach puffs. Not because their spinach, but because Kronk is the OG.

Chef John's intonation is like that of a cartoon character. I do like his recipes though.

I'm going to make these for my final practicum for culinary school. So original! My protein is ribeye steak. For mid-term practicum I made your apple chutney and maple mashed butternut squash. I received raving reviews! Love your blog! Thank you!

You are right, it looks really good!!! Thanks Chef John😊😊

Bet these are going to be BOOOOOMB!!!

Green chilli pesto for the next video pleeeease :D

Pate a choux it is. Now seriously, who would even think of unliking this video? This is amazing

Wow.Amazing potato recipes here on this channel. Imagine waking up to a breakfast that includes those potato puffs during a nice summer holiday in sunny Alberta that isn't going to be a scorcher hot enough out to fry an egg on the sidewalk outdoors experience!

You are after all the Buffy the Vampire Slayers, of your Fluffy but no-fryer taters

Truffle oil, a little Parmesan and garlic.

I am sitting on the couch with my husband, each of us listening to CJ videos… and yes, we are going to do these AND prime rib for Christmas. Thanks Chef John!

Fellow mashed potato addict here and I can’t wait to try these! Love your channel

Can add cheese there too 😁 would be even better

I liked the baked version much better....and def have to try them! And yet I noticed that you used your favorite spice again.......cayenne pepper....ha ha......Chef John without cayenne pepper is like pancakes without maple syrup ha ha.......classic! #trademark

Oooohhh gorgeous. The fried one sounded crunchy as heck!!!

Just put these in the oven, OMJ, can’t wait to try them, thanks chef John always for such amazing recipes and content….

i just laughed my ass off hearing his voice, when it hits the falset. LOOOOOL

Love your voice

I'm glad you showed how to deep-fry them as well. I have this friend who wanted to know.

Looks terrific!! Thank you Chef John!👍

I wonder how these will be like with sweet potatoes for something on the sweet side instead of savory.

I paused a video raging about how bad The Last Jedi is to watch this, do you know how much I must love Chef John to pause that kind of catharsis

Delectable... and so entertaining ! Happy energy ... going to try these, love mashed potatoes ! Stay well and thank you ! 🥧

Smearing and smashing..poet and didn't know it..😁😎💖 can't WAIT to try this one!!

Is there a vid on the green Chile pesto/Aioli?

There goes my diet... again!!!

I just made these babies and their absolutely amazing. Cool way to repurpose last night's mash potatoes. Thank You☺

Thanks for the staple in my family's diet. We have potato puffs at least every other week and are requested at every pot luck we attend.