My Grandma’s Cheesy Potatoes recipe is a simple casserole that dresses up hash browns with lots of cheese, sour cream, and a crunchy corn flake topping! Grandma’s Cheesy Potatoes is the best soul-warming comfort food!
This past weekend was Thanksgiving for me and my family. I usually go up to Erie to visit my family for an ‘early’ Thanksgiving. It spreads out my visits so that I’m not right back up there a few weeks later for Christmas, and it gets me out of traveling during the week of actual Thanksgiving. That is one of the toughest travel weeks of the year, and I like to avoid the airport fray if I can!
The day after ‘Thanksgiving,’ we eat leftovers all day long, and then help my Gma get out her Christmas decorations. Sure, November 8th is pretty early to get out Christmas decorations, but now it’s tradition. Every year she says that she’s not going to get out as many decorations as the year before, but as soon as we start unpacking boxes, she gradually decides that she can surely find a spot for all her holiday items.
For our meal, besides preparing the usual holiday suspects like turkey, stuffing, and cranberry sauce, we also have at least one variation on potatoes. Oftentimes we have several. Whether they are basic mashed potatoes, candied sweet potatoes (or this Tropical Sweet Potato Casserole), my Grandma’s famous Cream Cheese, Bacon, and Sour Cream Mashed Potatoes, or Grandma’s Cheesy Potatoes… potatoes abound.
My Gma hasn’t made her Cheesy Potatoes in a while, but they are a staple that get worked into the holidays every so often. I was reminded how much I like Grandma’s Cheesy Potatoes recipe when I was flipping through our family cookbook recently, and with the holidays approaching, I decided to make them.
Grandma’s Cheesy Potatoes could not be simpler. It’s got a short ingredient list, and everything is easy to find. You’ll slap together sour cream, cream of chicken soup, and cheese, for the creamiest and cheesiest potatoes you can find. And they have a crispy, toasted corn flake topping for a little crunch.
If you’re hosting family dinners or entertaining friends for the holidays, then Grandma’s Cheesy Potatoes will be one thing on the menu that you can count on to be a crowd-pleaser!
Grandma's Cheesy Potatoes
Ingredients
- 1 - 36 oz. bag frozen hash brown potatoes
- 1 can cream of chicken soup
- 1 - 15 oz. container light sour cream
- 1/2 c. melted butter
- 2 - 3 c. Kraft Natural Shredded Cheese Colby & Monterey Jack
- 2 - 3 c. corn flakes cereal
Instructions
- In a large bowl, combine soup, sour cream, and butter.
- Stir in hash browns, and mix until evenly distributed.
- Spread mixture evenly into the bottom of a lightly greased 9x13-inch glass baking dish.
- Sprinkle with cheese.
- Sprinkle with corn flakes.
- Bake at 375 degrees for 45-55 minutes, or until corn flakes are lightly browned, and the casserole is bubbling.
- Remove from heat, and serve!
Yup, these are incredible!
Haha. Aren’t they?? 🙂
I have never tried a potato dish with corn flakes before! This looks delicious, and between the cheese and cornflakes I think even my picky boys would love it! {client}
Yes! This dish is definitely a crowd-pleaser – even picky eaters can’t resist the cheesy goodness and all the wonderful carbohydrates! Haha! 🙂 Thank you, Stephanie!
Yes, I spread the sour cream mixture on top like the recipe said and it didn’t get mixed in enough. I would definitely recommend mixing the sour cream mixture with the potatoes and then spreading in the dish.
Thank you for the comment! I transcribed the recipe just as my Gma wrote it down, but I think your technique is probably a good idea. I’ll change the instructions to note that. I hope you still enjoyed it, and I hope you had wonderful holidays!
so easy and delicious! 🙂
Totally! 🙂
These potatoes look perfect! So delicious, pinning!
Thank you so much! 🙂
Oh, gosh….cheesy potatoes are my biggest carb WEAKNESS. I just want to dive into this entire pan, Sarah! All that cheeeeese! Love that this is your grandma’s recipe!
Aren’t carbs and cheese together totally irresistable?? I know… face plant, right?? 🙂
OMG they are almost the same 🙂 Grandma’s must have gotten this one off the can of soup or box of cereal 😉 Love your photos!!
Sarah: My family calls these “manly potatoes”! We LOVE this dish; the only difference in my recipe is that I mix all the ingredients together (except the cornflake topping) and pile them in a dish. 🙂
Isn’t that funny?? Every family seems to have a similar, but slightly different variation these potatoes! I have no idea where my Grandma got the recipe, but she loves it and has made them for a long time!
Called Funeral Potatoes in the south. Guess it’s a casserole that is popular to bring to a gathering. Delicious I agree!
I think someone else mentioned that they know this recipe by that name too! I’d never heard that, but in the family, we just call them Cheesy Potatoes. Lol. Definitely popular for gatherings, totally agree they are a crowdpleaser!
Sounds a lot like one of my favorite potato recipes from my home town! Hmm…might need to add them to the menu this week 😉
Soon will be my favorite! I Pinned it on Tasty Tuesday Creative K Kids Pinterest board.