Bacon, Cheddar, Ranch Potatoes

Ingredients

~ 1- 16oz container sour cream

~ 1 cup cheddar cheese, shredded

~ 4-6 slices of bacon, cooked (you can use a bag of real bacon bits that you find on the salad dressing aisle at the grocery store.  However, we prefer the real bacon.  It takes no time to cook in the microwave.  My general rule is 1 minute in the microwave per slice of bacon.  4 slices of bacon= 4 minutes)

~ 1 package Ranch Dip mix

~ 1 package Ore-Ida Southern Style Hash Browns (They are the little cubed hash brown potatoes)  ***NOTE:  You will only use 1/2 of the bag.  To use the whole bag, you will double the other ingredients***

Directions

1.  Combine the sour cream and Ranch Dip mix.

2.  Add cheese and cooked bacon to the Ranch mix.

3.  Add 1/2 package of Hash Browns to the ranch dip mix.

4.  Spread into 8x8 casserole dish.

5.  Bake at 400 for 45-60 minutes or until potatoes are very tender.

Adapted from:  http://www.plainchicken.com/2011/01/crack-potatoes.html