Rustic and Simple Cheese Potatoes
- Ready In:
- 1hr 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
-
8-10
ingredients
- 8 -10 potatoes (medium to large- I use Yukon Golds or Russet)
- 1 (15 ounce) jar Hellmann's mayonnaise
- 1 large yellow onion
- 0.5 (32 ounce) package Velveeta cheese
- salt, to taste
- pepper, to taste
- 1 lb bacon
- 1 (12 ounce) jar green olives, diced (as much or little as you want)
directions
- Wash (scrub) potatoes and dice into 3/4-1" chunks. Cook until tender. Do not overcook.
- Meanwhile, dice and cook the bacon until crispy. Dice the onion and green olives (optional). Cut the Velveeta into 1/2-3/4" chunks.
- Stir together the onion, Velveeta and mayonnaise.
- Drain the potatoes. Place them in a sprayed, deep baking dish.
- Sprinkle the potatoes with salt and pepper.
- I always stir the cheese mix and potatoes in the same dish they will be cooking in If you would like, you could do this step in a large mixing bowl and add them to the baking dish after they are mixed together.
- Sprinkle the top of the potatoes with the bacon. Wait to add the olives until the last 10-15 minutes of baking time.
- Bake, covered, at 350 degrees for approximately one hour. I uncover them the last 10-15 minutes. Monitor this to make sure they are not too well done. They should be bubbling.
- Let them sit for about 10 minutes before serving. Enjoy!
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History Teacher
Warsaw, IN
I am a high school history teacher who loves to cook! I worked in the restaurant industry for seven years, starting in high school and later as I put myself through college. My husband, a police officer, loves to eat my food, so I love experimenting with new recipes. Food and cooking is one of my life's greatest passions! I love collecting cookbooks as well, and I have collected quite a few over the years.