 It's Timmy with Collard Valley Cuts. Today we're making Nana's Hash Brown Casserole. Super easy. First time I tried to mix this up I use frozen hash browns. I let my thaw yesterday so they're nice and thaw which is going to be a lot easier to mix. And I just use a bag of irida shredded hash brown potatoes and the rest of the piece has two pounds and this is one pound ten ounces or something like that that's close enough and that's what I use and I'll open another bag. So what we're going to do is start our recipe it's super easy and it is super good. If you like the hash brown casserole at Cracker Barrel this is probably the closest one you'll ever come to it. And I hope y'all enjoy the recipe it's super simple easy and something you can make ahead for the holiday of Easter or any time really go ahead and mix it up get it in the oven bake it have it ready slide it in the refrigerator and then just keep it on warm the day you serve it. It'll be delicious. Alright the first thing we're going to do is spray our sheet a 13 by 9 sheet pan or I'm using a baking dish that's why it's easier to clean up. I've got a big bowl make sure you got a big bowl you're going to dump in your hash browns all of them and I'm telling you it's so much easier if they're thawed so go ahead and thaw your hash browns the night before lay them into the refrigerator or early in the morning that you make it you're going to use 8 ounces of sour cream this is a 16 ounce container and so I'm going to put about half of it in our hash brown casserole you're going to use one can cream of celery this is a 10 and a half ounce can of cream of celery. Now if you want to substitute you can but this gives it that flavor you're looking for trust me it's delicious I would have changed the thing it's delicious now you're going to put in 10 ounces of cheddar cheese this is an 8 ounce bag and I'm going to use it and you can trade it if you wish you know out of a block or whatever this is in large slices this cheese comes in really large slices and then I'm going to add just a little bit extra because it's not quite 10 ounces of course my potatoes are quite two pounds either but I'm sure Amanda she uses a package label alright salt and pepper that's all there is to it how simple is that so we're going to grab a salt and the pepper it says a teaspoon of salt and a half teaspoon of pepper so a whole teaspoon of salt and then a half teaspoon of black pepper I will tell you this is one of my very favorite things that Nana makes and it really does taste almost identical pretty much identical to cracker barrels there's no onion or anything in it because they don't have it there's either that's all there is to it and you're just oh about forgot the butter it's in my microwave you melt you melt to have to stick a butter don't leave that out now I'm using salted butter goes right there so we're just going to mix it up really good I hope you're having an amazing day I am getting ready for Easter early getting some of these dishes together that I can make ahead and put the fridge it's so nice to be able to do that y'all sure is and I'm holding this thing down low because I can get a better grip on it that way if you're wondering what I'm doing so you've got your 13 by 9 spray and it's going to stay in the oven y'all for 40 minutes a lot cheese in it thing in the world if you just wanted to mix it up and then slide it in your refrigerator bake it later but I'm going to go ahead and bake mine and for your information I did have a viewer make this I have had quite a few make it and they did say that it was the closest to the cracker barrels potato casserole that they had ever come to so I think you're really going to enjoy it go ahead and buy that cream of celery soup like you're supposed to and make this delicious potato casserole all right we're going to get it in the oven at 350 degrees for 40 minutes and we will see you when it's nice and cheesy done all this casserole is ready to get out of the oven now this is the first time I made it and thawed the hash browns first and I will say it's a little bit more like mashed potato casserole which is really good either way it's still potatoes but I will say if you want it to be more hash brownie and pieces of hash brown and leave it frozen but it is a lot harder to mix so if you do that you may as well get out your stand mixer unless you want it to take your while to mix it up it even kind of looks like mashed potatoes so you could call it mashed potato deluxe because it does look a lot like it you can see that it does look a lot more like mashed potatoes because I did have the hash browns thawed and I have kind of dipped here already just to kind of take a look and it does look a lot like cream potatoes but of course it's got all that sour cream and all that cheese and all that good stuff so it's really really delicious so if like I said if you want it to be more like hash browns then make sure you do it while they're frozen before you put it in the oven and if not if you don't mind it looking more like potatoes like this you can go ahead and thaw it whichever is the most convenient for you I like to be able to mix it up easy and not have to get out my stand mixer and not have to stand there for a while trying to get all the ingredients you know mixed in well so it was so much simpler to mix it up thawed than it was to mix it up while they're frozen and regardless it's very yummy yummy cheesy potatoes these yummy cheesy potatoes will be a hit every time with your family and friends thanks for watching Colored Belly Cooks where we cook like mama did like Nana did with this one bye I love you