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How to Cook Traditional Scalloped Potatoes

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Prep: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray baking dish with cooking spray. Gather ingredients.

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In a large sauce pan melt butter over medium low heat.

In a large sauce pan melt butter over medium low heat.

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Chop the onion to a medium dice.

Chop the onion to a medium dice.

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Your butter should be melted but not spattering.

Your butter should be melted but not spattering.

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Add onions to butter.

Add onions to butter.

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Stir to combine. Cook over medium heat until onions soften and start to turn clear.

Stir to combine. Cook over medium heat until onions soften and start to turn clear.

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While the onions cook peel your potatoes.

While the onions cook peel your potatoes.

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Ad slice them into thin slices. The thinner the better.

Ad slice them into thin slices. The thinner the better.

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Arrange the potatoes in the sprayed baking dish.

Arrange the potatoes in the sprayed baking dish.

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The onions should be cooked now. Add the flour to the onion/butter mixture and stir well.

The onions should be cooked now. Add the flour to the onion/butter mixture and stir well.

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Allow this to cook 1-2 minutes, stirring the whole time.

Allow this to cook 1-2 minutes, stirring the whole time.

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Measure 2 cups of milk.

Measure 2 cups of milk.

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Carefully add milk to onions stirring to combine.

Carefully add milk to onions stirring to combine.

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Raise heat to medium high and stir very frequently until boiling and thickened.

Raise heat to medium high and stir very frequently until boiling and thickened.

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While stirring add 1 tsp salt.

While stirring add 1 tsp salt.

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Add 1/4 tsp pepper.

Add 1/4 tsp pepper.

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When the mixture boils and has thickened remove from heat.

When the mixture boils and has thickened remove from heat.

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Pour carefully over the sliced potatoes.

Pour carefully over the sliced potatoes.

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Shake pan to settle the sauce and sprinkle with paprika.

Shake pan to settle the sauce and sprinkle with paprika.

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Cover and bake for 35 minutes. Uncover and bake an additional 35 minutes until hot and bubbly and potatoes are cooked. Enjoy!

Cover and bake for 35 minutes. Uncover and bake an additional 35 minutes until hot and bubbly and potatoes are cooked. Enjoy!

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5 large red potatoes

2 Cups Milk (whole if you have it)

½ Cups Chopped onion

¼ Cups Butter

¼ Cups Flour

1 Tablespoon Salt

¼ Teaspoons Black pepper

Paprika

Cooking spray

8" x 8" oven safe baking dish or comparable dish

Vonda Nomac

Low low

Vonda Nomac 2 months ago

Paula Thompson

Thank you for this recipe I will make them for tea x

Paula Thompson 2 months ago

Vonda Nomac

Cool

Vonda Nomac 2 months ago

Luc Dumas

I've made this twice now in the past week or so. I can't get enough. Too delicious! :)

Luc Dumas 7 months ago

Jen Shults

Yay! I'm glad you liked it Corey. That addition of carrots sounds great!

(author) 11 months ago

Jen Shults

Thanks Jennie! :)

(author) 11 months ago

Jennie I.

Sorry, finger slipped.. Yuval, my conversion app says it would be 177 (rounded) degrees Celsius...

Jennie I. 11 months ago

Jennie I.

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Jennie I. 11 months ago

Yuval Grossmann

How much is it in Celsius?

Yuval Grossmann 11 months ago

Kori C.

I just did it and it is absolutely delicious. I added carrots in mine and topped it off with coarse black pepper instead of paprika and now it tastes like pie. Thanks so much for the recipe, I love it!

Kori C. 11 months ago

Jen Shults

Missy, it's Fahrenheit.

(author) 11 months ago

Missy G

Is that 350 fahrenheit or celsius?

Missy G 11 months ago

Crown Cott

That is amazing, I decided to cook this today and made a mental note to search out a recipe. Thank you for saving me a lot of trouble, and it is delicious!

Crown Cott 11 months ago

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