Hashbrown Casserole

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Hashbrown Casserole

I cannot believe I haven't shared this recipe with y'all yet! Especially, since we loved it so much when we made it for brunch last Christmas!

Those of you that know me personally, know that I love potatoes! I really love potatoes. Cracker Barrel's Hashbrown Casserole is no exception! It's one of my favorites. So much so, that I am sure to order it no matter what time of day we are there!

Since we're not real close to a Cracker Barrel, we don't have the opportunity to enjoy their menu as often as I would like. Last year, while chatting with my friend Lisa about our Christmas menus, we both decided we wanted to find a copycat recipe for Hashbrown Casserole.

As we both searched, we were getting a little discouraged. We kept finding recipes that used some "cream of" soup and we knew that just couldn't be right. Don't get me wrong, I love the convenience of adding those condensed soups to recipes. But that wasn't the flavor either of us were going for in our casseroles.

Hashbrown Casserole

Ingredients:

• 26 oz. bag country-style hashbrowns
• 2 cups Colby-Jack Cheese, shredded
• 1/4 cup onion, minced
• 1 cup milk
• 1/2 cup beef stock or canned broth
• 2 Tbs. butter, melted
• dash garlic powder
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1/4 tsp. pepper

Directions:

Preheat oven to 425 degrees.

In a large bowl, combine hashbrowns, cheese, and onions.

Combine, in a separate bowl, the milk, broth, 1/2 of the butter, garlic powder, salt and pepper. Mix well, then pour over the hashbrown/cheese mixture and mix well.

Heat the remaining butter in a skillet.

When the skillet is hot, spoon in the potato mixture.

Cook hashbrowns, stirring occasionally, until heated through and all cheese is melted. (about 7 minutes)

Transfer to a baking dish and put in the oven to bake for 45 minutes to an hour.

On Christmas morning, Joe and I made up two batches of the recipe only making one change. We used Colby-Jack Cheese instead of the suggested Colby Cheese, since that's what we were able to get our hands on. When we made a third batch a few days later, we again followed the recipe with our one simple change.

I'm really surprised that this hasn't been a part of our menu plan since the holidays. I'm including it in this week's menu plan and I'm sure we'll be serving this for our Christmas Brunch again this year!

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