POLISH POTATOES

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Provided by Michelle Koletar/Mertz

Time 1h40m

Number Of Ingredients 6

5 onions, sliced thin (not diced!). (yes, you want that many onions!)
2-3 Tbsp butter
6 c mashed potatoes
8 oz cream cheese
8-10 lasagna noodles, cooked (i always make more noodles than i need in case some break)
1 lb cheddar cheese, sharp (shredded & i use more than 1 lb b/c i love cheese)

Steps:

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a lasagna pan with either baking spray or butter.
2. Sautee onions in butter on medium heat for about 10 mins. or until soft, but not carmelized. Sprinkle w/ some salt.
3. Add the cream cheese to the mashed potatoes (add milk, butter & salt & pepper to your mashed potatoes, as normal) & mix until well blended.
4. Begin to assemble: Put half of the onions on the bottom of your pan. Then top w/ half of the lasagna noodles, a layer of the potato mixture, then 1/2 of the shredded cheese. Repeat so that you end w/ cheese on top. I add Hungarian paprika and more salt & pepper to the top of the final mashed potato layer. Bake in oven covered w/ alumninum foil (not tight so cheese doesn't stick, or spray foil w/ baking spray) for 30 mins, then remove foil for another 30 mins. Let sit for about 15 mins before you attempt to cut. Enjoy!