Three Cheese Baked Mashed Potatoes

Submitted by Kay D.

"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."

 

• Ready In: 45mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 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

[Sassy J]

Rich and creamy and loved the bacon mixed throughout. Used panko breadcrumbs for a nice crunchy topping. Very happy.

 

[Angela]

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!

 

[Aly and Jacks MOM]

I have made this 2 times 1 time with instant potatoes and 1 time with some mashed potatoes from my garden. Both were excellent! Thanks you!