Crack Potatoes – the ORIGINAL recipe!! Potato casserole made with sour cream, cheddar cheese, real bacon bits, ranch dip mix, frozen shredded hash brown potatoes. Can make ahead and freeze for later. Everyone RAVES about these yummy potatoes! SO good!! Make them tonight!

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One of our favorite dips is Cheddar Bacon Ranch dip, or what I refer to as “Crack”. I usually only make it during football season because it is HIGHLY addictive. I only made this once this football season and I forgot to take it to the tailgate. I left it in my parent’s refrigerator! I was devastated!

One of our favorite dips is Cheddar Bacon Ranch dip, or what I refer to as “Crack“. I usually only make it during football season because it is HIGHLY addictive. I only made this once this football season and I forgot to take it to the tailgate. I left it in my parent’s refrigerator! I was devastated!

I took the dip back home and started thinking about what to do with it – other than eat it all by myself. I decided to mix the dip into a big bag of frozen hash browns. The result? A fantastic potato casserole! We absolutely love this! Chicken Legs requests this all the time. I divided the potatoes up into 3 disposable foil pans and froze them so we always have potatoes when we need them. We just finished off the last pan, so I guess I need to add this to my grocery list this week.

Recipe Print Recipe Crack Potatoes Author: Stephanie @ Plain Chicken Yield: 10 people Prep Time 10 mins Cook Time 45 mins Total Time 55 mins Crack Potatoes – the ORIGINAL recipe!! Potato casserole made with sour cream, cheddar cheese, real bacon bits, ranch dip mix, frozen shredded hash brown potatoes. Can make ahead and freeze for later. Everyone RAVES about these yummy potatoes! SO good!! Make them tonight! Ingredients: 2 (16-oz) containers sour cream

2 cups shredded cheddar cheese

1½ cups cooked chopped bacon (about 1½ pounds bacon)

2 (1-oz) packages Ranch Dressing mix

1 (32-oz) bag frozen shredded hash brown potatoes Instructions: Preheat oven to 400ºF. Lightly spray a 9×13-inch pan with cooking spray.

Combine sour cream, cheese, cooked bacon and ranch mix. Stir in hash browns and mix well. Pour into prepared pan.

Bake uncovered for 45 to 60 minutes. Notes: *I divided the potatoes into 3 small 7×7 disposable foil pans and froze them. I wrapped them with plastic wrap and then foil. Thaw overnight before baking as directed*

Steph