Cheese Potato (hash brown) Casserole

 
 

It seems almost certain that you’ve had this dish at one potluck dinner, church supper, progressive dinner or cookout. I’ve seen variations to this recipe in numerous cookbooks in my collection, but I wanted to try this one for quite awhile because it has all my favorite things – sour cream, cheddar cheese and hash browns.
I made no modifications to this recipe except to include half a medium fresh onion instead of minced onion and I put it in a 9 x 13 glass cake pan instead of a 2 quart casserole. I wanted more surface area to put the cereal crunch top onto. This recipe came from More Steamboat Simmers cookbook by Candy Coleman for the Routt Memorial Hospital Auxiliary published in 1983.
  2 – 12 oz pkgs. frozen, hashed brown potatoes
2 cups sour cream
1 can cream of chicken soup
½ cup of butter, melted
1 tsp salt
1 Tbs. minced onion
2 cups cheddar cheese, shredded
2 cups coarsely crushed corn flakes
¼ cup of melted butter
Place potatoes in colander, let stand until completely thawed and excess moisture has drained off. Combine sour cream, soup, and ½ cup melted butter. Mix well. Add salt, onion and cheese. Mix well. Blend in potatoes. Place in shallow 2-quart casserole. Combine ¼ cup melted butter and corn flakes and sprinkle on top. Bake, uncovered, at 350 degrees about 50 minutes or until golden brown and bubbly. This is at its best when assembled not more than 2 hours before it goes into the oven. Serves 8. Recipe provided by Jan Vail.
This was creamy, cheesy and delicious and was even eaten at my house leftover the next day by my son with no complaints about the sogginess of the corn flakes on reheating.


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My Cookbook Obsession

I have always had a passion for all things in printed form.  I love books, magazines, newspapers, and even the backs of cereal boxes.  This has caused me to have shelves of books, including cookbooks.  My absolute favorite are those spiral-bound books created by different groups for fundraisers.
 

These books inspire me with their quirky recipe titles like “Nightie-Night Puffs” from Crestwood Christian Church 2003’s Variety Recipes book.  These books provide any number of ideas for using Velveeta, french fried onions or cornflakes.  On occasion I will share with you some of these recipes that we have tried and liked.






And sometimes you just find a cookbook that you can’t pass up because of the name and/or cover like this one from The Junior Committee in Cleveland, Ohio to benefit The Cleveland Orchestra.