Scalloped Potatoes with Cheese from @MysteryMacRae

 

Scalloped potatoes are one of our family favorites. They’re a lovely, warm addition to a winter meal and great for warming up your kitchen as they bake. It’s a versatile dish, too. Leave out the cheese or use a variety other than cheddar. Add bits of ham or bacon. Add leftover broccoli florets. Add bouillon to your milk, use powdered milk instead of fresh, add spicier seasonings. Make the dish your own.

Scalloped Potatoes with Cheese

Serves 6 (or more)

 

Ingredients

5 or 6 baking potatoes or equivalent smaller potatoes (about 7 cups sliced) 

1 1/2 Cheese (we use extra sharp cheddar cheese but use whatever you like)

2 tablespoons all-purpose flour, divided

1 1/4 cups milk (whole milk, 2%, or cream if you’re feeling extravagant)

1 cube or 1 teaspoon bouillon (we use vegetable)

1 teaspoon salt (less if using bouillon with high salt content), divided

1/4 teaspoon black pepper (or more to taste), divided

(Sometimes I add dry mustard)

Paprika for sprinkling

 

Directions

Preheat oven to 350.

Grease a 10-inch baking dish.

Peel and slice potatoes thinly. A food processor is a tremendous time saver here.

Arrange 1/3 of potato slices in prepared dish. Sprinkle with 2 teaspoons of the flour, 1/3 of the salt and pepper, and 1/3 of the cheese. Repeat twice more with remaining potato slices, flour, seasoning to taste, and cheese. Sprinkle paprika over top of last layer of cheese.

 

 

Add the bouillon to the milk (and dry mustard if using), and heat to scalding. Pour the milk mixture over the potatoes. 

Bake for 1 1/2 hours, covering dish for first half hour.

Serve.

 

The Boston Globe says Molly MacRae writes “murder with a dose of drollery.” She’s the author of the award-winning, national bestselling Haunted Yarn Shop Mysteries and the Highland Bookshop Mysteries. As Margaret Welch, she writes books for Annie’s Fiction. Her short stories have appeared in Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine and she’s a winner of the Sherwood Anderson Award for Short Fiction. Visit Molly on Facebook and Pinterest and connect with her on Twitter  or Instagram.