Quick Au Gratin Potatoes Recipes

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, bring cream, milk, salt and garlic powder to a boil. Add potatoes; reduce heat. Cover and simmer for 10-15 minutes or until the potatoes are tender. Coarsely crush 1/4 cup of croutons. Remove potatoes from the heat. Gently stir in the crushed croutons and pepper. , Pour into a greased 1-1/2-qt. baking dish. Sprinkle with cheese and remaining croutons. Bake, uncovered, at 400° for 5-6 minutes or until the cheese is melted.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, mix sour cream, condensed soup, salt and pepper; stir in potatoes, cheese and onion. Transfer to a greased 13x9-in. baking dish., In a small bowl, mix crushed cornflakes and melted butter; sprinkle over potato mixture. Bake, uncovered, 50-60 minutes or until golden brown.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Boil potatoes until just tender, 20-25 minutes; drain.
• When cool enough to handle, peel and dice into 1/2 inch pieces.
• Put potatoes in 3 qt round casserole or rectangular baking dish.
• In a large saucepan, melt butter over medium heat.
• Add flour; stir while cooking, 1-2 minutes.
• Whisk in milk and add garlic.
• Season with salt and cayenne pepper.
• Stir in cheddar cheese and all but 2 tbs parmesan cheese.
• Add potatoes to sauce and stir to mix evenly.
• Pour into casserole dish.
• Sprinkle remaining parmesan cheese over top.
• Bake casserole 45 minutes or until potatoes are tender and dish is bubbling and lightly brown on top.
• Let stand 5 minutes before serving.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Butter a 1 1/2 quart baking dish with about 1 tablespoon of the softened butter.
• Arrange a layer of potatoes in the baking dish, and sprinkle some of the cheeses over them. Continue layering potatoes and cheeses until you've used them all, ending with a layer of potatoes.
• In a small bowl, whisk the cream with the salt and pepper; pour this over the potatoes. Dot the remaining butter over the top and sprinkle with the paprika. Bake for 1 to 1 1/4 hours, or until the potatoes are tender and golden brown on top. Let stand for 5 minutes before serving.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Butter an 8x8-inch baking dish.
• Fit a food processor with shredding disk and use it to shred cheese. Transfer to a small bowl. Fit processor with slicing disk and use it to slice potatoes.
• Put potatoes in a large saucepan with half-and-half, garlic, salt, and nutmeg; stir gently to combine. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally. Cook at a gentle boil, stirring often with a heat-safe spatula to prevent sticking, until half-and-half has reduced and thickly coats potatoes, about 8 minutes.
• Spoon into prepared baking dish. Smooth top and sprinkle evenly with cheese.
• Bake in preheated oven until potatoes are tender when pierced with a knife and top is golden brown, 25 to 30 minutes. Let stand 5 to 10 minutes before serving.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Melt butter in medium saucepan on medium heat. Blend in flour, mustard and pepper; cook and stir 1 min. Gradually add milk, stirring until well blended; cook 3 to 5 min. until thickened, stirring constantly. Add 1-1/2 cups cheese and onions; cook 2 to 3 min. until cheese is melted, stirring frequently.
• Layer potatoes and cheese sauce alternately in 2-qt. casserole sprayed with cooking spray, ending with cheese sauce.
• Bake 1-1/4 hours or until potatoes are tender. Sprinkle with remaining cheese; bake 5 min. or until melted.

Steps:

• Spray a large, deep loaf pan with non-stick oil spray.
• Layer frozen potatoes and cheese, making three layers, and ending with cheese.
• Pour cream or half& half evenly over all.
• Cover pan with foil and seal well.
• Bake at 375 for 1 hour, removing foil for last 15 minutes.
• I don't usually add salt before baking as most cheddars are fairly salty.
• This can be varied by using different cheeses such as swiss, blue, smoked gouda, etc.
• You can also use plain hash browns if you don't like the onion/green pepper taste.
• I've never made this using the low-fat/non-fat versions of cheese or cream, but I wouldn't recommend subbing them.
• The glory of this recipe is its decadence.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. Grease 1 1/2-quart casserole with shortening or spray with cooking spray.
• In 2-quart saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Cook onion in butter about 2 minutes, stirring occasionally, until tender. Stir in flour, salt and pepper. Cook, stirring constantly, until bubbly; remove from heat.
• Stir in milk. Heat to boiling, stirring constantly. Boil and stir 1 minute; remove from heat. Stir in 1 1/2 cups of the cheese until melted.
• Spread potatoes in casserole. Pour cheese sauce over potatoes. Bake uncovered 1 hour.
• In small bowl, mix remaining 1/2 cup cheese and the bread crumbs; sprinkle over potatoes. Sprinkle with paprika. Bake uncovered 15 to 20 minutes or until top is brown and bubbly and potatoes are tender.

Steps:

• Cook potatoes in boiling water in large saucepan 8 to 10 min. or just until tender; drain.
• Heat oven to 350°F. Toss potatoes with remaining ingredients in 2-qt. casserole sprayed with cooking spray; cover.
• Bake 22 to 25 min. or until potatoes are tender. Stir gently before serving.