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I made this on Sunday evening to go with Tri-tip and a big salad. This was the hit of the night. (Recipe courtesy of Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book)

Scalloped Potatoes with Cheese (oven 350)

Wash and slice 3-4 small-medium potatoes. (Calls for 3 cups but I used a little more, and could have used even more.) Add half of potatoes to a pam sprayed 8x8 pan, set aside...

1/4 cup chopped onion (I used about a 1/2 cup, we're onion people.)
2T. butter (Next time I would use less.)

Combine in sauce pan, cook 'til onions are tender. Add 2T. flour, 1/4 tsp. salt, and fresh ground pepper to taste. Mix well. Add 1 1/4 cup milk. Cook and stir continuously until thick. Remove from heat and add 3/4 cup cheese (the recipe called for shredded American but I used medium cheddar. I'm a rebel like that.)

Pour half of sauce over potatoes already in pan. Layer rest of potatoes, add rest of sauce. Sprinkle 1/4 cup cheese on top, if desired. Cover with foil.

Bake for 30 min. covered. Remove foil and bake 30-35 min. more. (Because Headless Dad likes this stuff well browned I left it in maybe an extra 5-10 min. but that wasn't essential.)

Result was amazing! I thought that scalloped potatoes would be difficult, but I proved myself wrong. So Easy! Next time I would even add garlic for a little extra punch. And don't put too much cheese on the top- 1/4 cup was just enough. This would be easy enough to double (or triple, even) for the next time you had to take a dish somewhere.

Try them and let me know what you think!