Crazy Easy Breakfast Potatoes

This recipe is a keeper.  It’s from Very Best Baking by Nestle.  What?  Nestle?  No- there isn’t chocolate in these potatoes but it uses Nestle Carnation Evaporated Milk.  I like to buy the low-fat variety and it worked well with this dish.

Let’s Get Crafty!

Preheat oven to 350

4 cups frozen hash browns, thawed

½ cup finely chopped onion

1 cup cheddar cheese, shredded

12 oz can lowfat evaporated milk

1 large egg, beaten

8 oz bacon, crumbled (I did half with bacon on one side and half with sausage on the other side)

Layer ½ potatoes, ½ onion and ½ cheese in baking dish and then repeat layers again.  Combine the evaporated milk, egg and seasoned salt.  Pour over potato mixture.

Bake for 55-60 minutes.  Uncover and do a low broil for 5 minutes or so to make the cheese nice and brown.

IMPORTANT:  Let sit for 10-15 minutes before serving.  I sometimes skip this step when we’re in a hurry but it does really help it to set up and that time saved is generally spent blowing on the kids to try and get it to cool down.  

Happy Sunday Funday Friends!  Thanks for stopping by.