Creamy Hash Brown Potatoes

Creamy Hash Brown Potatoes

Preheat Oven 375*F.

Ingredients:

*1 and 1/2 bags frozen Shredded Hash browns (about 40 ounces total)

*1/4 cup Olive Oil Plant based Butter or Butter

*3/4 cup Chicken Broth

*1/3 cup Milk

*3 Tablespoons Flour

*1 teaspoon Garlic Powder

*1 teaspoon Onion Powder

*1/2 cup Sour Cream

*1/2 cup Greek Yogurt

*3 cups Colby Jack Cheese

*3-4 Green Onions, sliced

*Sea Salt, to taste

*Freshly Ground Black Pepper

Supplies:

*Cooking Spray

*9” X 11” Glass or ceramic Baking Dish

*Aluminum Foil

Directions:

1. Spray baking dish with cooking spray and layer the frozen hash Browns. Set aside.

2. In a measuring cup add the chicken broth, milk, garlic powder and onion powder. Whisk together. Set aside.

3. In a medium size sauce pan on medium-low heat add the butter and flour making a roux. Slowly add the chicken stock mixture whisking while adding, until thickened. Turn off heat and add sour cream and 1 and 1/2 cups of cheese. Add 3/4 of the onions and Salt and pepper to taste. Stir until combined.

4. Pour the cheese sauce mixture over the hash browns and top with remaining cheese. Cover with foil and bake 45 minutes, remove foil the last 10 minutes for browning.

5. Garnish with remaking onions after baking.

Serve while warm.

Enjoy!

Lindy

Cookie Salad

Cookie Salad

*Vanilla Pudding, recipe below or 1 package Vanilla Jell-O Cook & Serve (3 ounce box makes 4 and 1/2 cups pudding)

*1 container 8 ounce Cool Whip, thawed in fridge

*5-6 Fudge Stripe Cookies, see link to recipe below or use store bought fudge stripe (broken in bite size pieces, more cookies for topping and decorating as desired)

*1 can 11 ounce Mandarin Oranges, drained (larger can if you really like mandarin oranges)

*1/2 cup Mini Marshmallows

Vanilla Pudding

*1/4 cup Sugar, plus 2 tablespoons

*3 tablespoons All- purpose Flour

*1/4 teaspoon Sea Salt or Kosher Salt

*3 Large Egg Yolks

*1 and 1/2 cups Heavy Whipping Cream or you could use canned Milk or Whole Milk, it won’t be as thick

*2 teaspoon Vanilla Extract

Directions:

In a sauce pan on medium-low heat and add sugar, flour and salt. Then whisk in the eggs and cream whisking constantly until it thickens. Then remove from heat and pour in a medium Pyrex bowl or heat safe bowl. Allow to cool to room almost room temperature and cover with plastic wrap, placing the plastic right on top of the pudding refrigerate until totally cooled.

Remove plastic wrap from pudding and fold in the cool whip. Then fold in cookie pieces, mandarin oranges and marshmallows, save some for topping as desired.

Pudding Recipe Source Food Network Molly Yey (I loved this recipe)

See Easter Fudge Stripe Cookies

See Easter Fudge Stripe Cookies for extra trecipe

Enjoy!

Lindy