My 2013 Christmas Morning Menu

COFFEE

Scrambled eggs
**Hashbrown casserole**
Bacon
Apple Dumplings 

(since there's no Trader Joe's for

my butter and chocolat croissants-drat!)

COFFEE

Mimosas for me and the Mr.

Sparkling cider for the Jr's.

Hashbrown Casserole has been a part of my 

traditional Christmas morning breakfast  

since my Petunia was two.

So that makes it, 13 years!

And honestly, we never EVER tire of it.

The recipe was given to me from one of my besties 

when our children (us, really)

were in Mom's Club and we did

our regular brunch get together.

Thanks Dorrie!

Since I'll be making this again on Wednesday

 and I wasn't thinking ahead,

I scoured Pinterest for a pretty 

picture and found this blog

with the same ingredients.

literally, a spoonful

This pretty picture is from Miss. Sarah

and I'm glad I found her blog!

I'll be poking back over there and see 

what other yummy things she's made.

To make Christmas morning flow a little

better (and to keep you out of the kitchen)

I get it all ready the night before, so come

morning, I can just pop it in the oven

saving LOTS of present opening time!

Our recipes are very similar so you can choose

which you prefer.

Here's mine:

• 1 bag of frozen shredded hashbrowns 
• 1 1/2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
• 1 cup of Sour Cream
• 1 can of Cream of Chicken condensed soup
• one half of an onion, finely diced 
• Salt and Pepper to taste

Topping:

• one sleeve of Butter Crackers (my preference is Keebler)
• one stick of  butter (melted)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Lightly spray your casserole dish

or 13 x 9 dish with cooking spray

(do the sides, mainly)

In a large bowl, mix hashbrowns, 

cheese, sour cream, soup, 

onion and salt and pepper.

Pour into casserole dish.

Crush butter crackers in a

large ziplock bag and sprinkle over casserole.

Melt a stick of butter in microwave then

drizzle evenly over butter crackers.

Bake for approximately one hour (uncovered)

or until slightly browned and bubbly. 

Delicious!

I hope you have a wonderful Christmas.

Best wishes and love, 

Amber