Halsey's Hash Browns Casserole

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 6 cups shredded raw red potatoes
• 1 (10 1/2 ounce) can campbell's cream of mushroom soup
• 1 (10 1/2 ounce) can campbell's cream of celery soup
• 1 pint fat free sour cream
• 4 ounces cream cheese
• 1 cup grated cheddar cheese
• 1/2 cup onion
• 1 garlic clove
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 2 teaspoons olive oil
• 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 24 ritz crackers
• nonstick butter-flavored cooking spray

Recipe

• 1 in a small skillet, warm your butter and olive oil add and saute onion (i usually dice very fine) and crush your garlic. cook until soft.
• 2 in a large saucepan, add soups, cream cheese, sour cream.
• 3 let everything simmer on very low heat, until everything is melted together.
• 4 mix in your onion mixture.
• 5 add black pepper.
• 6 shred 6 red potatoes (or as a time saver use about 1 1/2 bags pre-shredded potatoes).
• 7 in a 9x13 pan, spray pan with nonstick butter spray.
• 8 layer your potato, then your soup mixture, then grated cheese until finished.
• 9 top with crushed ritz crackers.
• 10 cover with foil.
• 11 bake 1 hour, or until potatoes are soft. sometimes with potatoes they need longer. so be sure to check and possibly if you can, allow up to 1 1/2 hrs total cook time.