Easy Funeral Potatoes

A good Funeral Potatoes recipe is a must have for any Mormon girl's recipe box. That's a little inside joke - if you've never heard of Funeral Potatoes, it's just a cheesy potato recipe that is served often at church dinners and funerals - hence the name. It seems like everyone has a different version of the recipe! Although this one isn't too much different from most that I've tried, it turned out really yummy and was fast to put together.

Ingredients:

1 bag (2 lbs) frozen hash browns, southern style
1/2 c. melted butter or margarine
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1-2 Tbsp dried minced onions
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 cup sour cream
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese


Directions:

Pour hash browns in a 9x13 inch pan. Mix remaining ingredients together, then pour mixture over the potatoes and mix together. Sprinkle with grated cheese. Bake at 350 degrees, covered, for 30 minutes then remove foil and continue baking for another 30 minutes.

*the original recipe didn't say to cover the potatoes and of course, as it was cooking I decided to check my email. As you can see, I let the cheese get a little too brown on top. I think it would be better to cover the potatoes for a bit, so I added that into the instructions.