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grandma lee's scalloped potatoes

(4 ratings)
Recipe by
Jane Whittaker
Massena (now in FL), NY

My mother's mom was Grandma Lee and she was a fab cook, and of course like most of our grannies she never wrote anything down. I used to watch her cook, and there is a few secrets to scalloped potatoes and it's slicing them and onions real thin, covering them tightly the first hour of cooking, and then giving them plenty of time, maybe 1 1/2 hours

(4 ratings)
yield 8 to 10
prep time 20 Min
cook time 1 Hr 30 Min
method Bake

Ingredients For grandma lee's scalloped potatoes

  • 6 lg
    russett potatoes, peeled and sliced very thinly
  • 1 md
    onion, peeled and sliced very thinly
  • 3/4 c
    all purpose flour
  • 1/2 tsp
    paprika
  • 1/2 tsp
    each salt and pepper or to taste
  • 2 c
    milk ( this depends on size of casserole dish)
  • 3 Tbsp
    butter, no subsitutes

How To Make grandma lee's scalloped potatoes

  • 1
    Pre heat oven to 350°
  • 2
    Spray a 3 qt casserole with non stick spray.
  • 3
    Peel and slice the potatoes and onions very very thinly, that is the secret to having them cook properly for this dish.
  • 4
    First layer is 1/3 potatoes, 1/3 onions, half the flour sprinkled over, 1/3 the butter, and half the paprika and salt and pepper.
  • 5
    Repeat for second layer, the third layer is just potatoes, onions, and remainder of butter.
  • 6
    This is the tricky part. pour milk in slowly just until you can see it come up the sides of the casserole, I used about 2 cups.
  • 7
    Cover tightly with foil and cook for 1 hour. The second hour uncover and continue to cook until potatoes are tender and starting to brown.

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