Three Cheese Baked Mashed Potatoes

Kay Demonbren's Note:

From allrecipes.com. Yes, you use instant mashed potatoes, but believe me, when you put this in your mouth, you won't care. Perfect for the cheese freak in all of us.

• Total Time: 45 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 4 cups prepared instant mashed potatoes (keep warm)
• 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese (I like extra sharp)
• 4 slices American cheese
• 3/4 cup shredded parmesan cheese
• 3 ounces bacon bits
• 1 small finely chopped onion
• salt
• pepper
• 1/8 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/4 cup butter, melted
• 1/4 shredded parmesan cheese
• 1 cup dry breadcrumbs
• 1/8 teaspoon onion powder

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. In a 2-qt casserole dish, combine warm potatoes, cheeses, bacon bits (reserving 1 Tbs), onion, salt and pepper to taste, and garlic powder.
3. Stir until the cheeses start to melt.
4. Combine melted butter, 1/4 cup parmesan cheese, reserved bacon bits, onion powder and bread crumbs in a small bowl.
5. Sprinkle over the potato mixture.
6. Bake for 30 minutes, or until top is golden brown.
7. Yum!

Reviews

[Angel~a]

Fabulous! I used real potatoes rather than instant, and added sour cream when I mashed the taters. It was very good and I'll do this again. Thanks.

[CrystalA]

We thought this was really good, a great way to jazz up instant potatoes. I was so craving some potatoes and only had instant ones on hand, and these hit the spot. I left out the onions and made some bacon and crumbled it. Really good!

[MTpockets]

These were really good. Almost like one big loaded baked potato! I added scallions to mine instead of regular onion because that's all I had and they were delicious. Thank's for posting!