Hasselback Potato Gratin

The holidays are almost here! Are you entertaining this year? We are not hosting

Christmas Eve or Christmas Day this year but we always bring a dish to wherever we

go on each day- typically something that is a little bit lightened up, Amanda-style!

We do host a Christmas breakfast though for anyone who wants to come and see the

kiddos open their presents. I love this because it is one of the happiest mornings of the

year and I love cooking breakfast dishes as well. We are also hosting a little NYE

party at our house too so that will be super fun!

I love anything hasselback and love making stacked recipes so I had to make a cheesy

potato gratin just in time for the holidays. I lightened it up and used both sweet

potatoes and regular potatoes for a beautiful dish. I used white whole-wheat flour for

thickening and milk instead of half-and-half. Trust me, you can't tell! Adalyn and I

were snacking on this through the afternoon just peeling off one piece at a time- so, so

tasty! I'm making this for Christmas.

I am so happy with how it turned out! My whole family loved this and it was so

awesome how the potatoes were completely soft throughout yet a little crisp on the

top along with the toasted cheese. I would totally bring this to a holiday gathering.

Anything that has potatoes + cheese always disappears super quickly at a gathering as

I remember from years in the past.

You will love this dish that is a lot simpler than it looks. You just have to slice the

potatoes really thin- a mandoline slicer works best but if you have good knife skills

and can cut super thin slices, that can work as well. For this recipe, I actually hand

sliced them and they were perfect. Then, you load it up with a cheesy sauce that

everyone will love. I used shredded parmesan cheese and an Italian blend cheese but

feel free to use whatever you like. Cheddar would work great as well.

1 pound sweet potatoes, thinly sliced

1 pound yellow potatoes, thinly sliced

2 tablespoons white whole-wheat flour

1 teaspoon black pepper

2 teaspoons garlic powder

2 teaspoons Italian spice blend

1 cup milk

1/4 cup shredded parmesan cheese

1/2 cup shredded Italian blend cheese

Topping: 1/4-1/2 cup Italian blend cheese

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Spray a baking dish with nonstick spray.

2. Mix together all ingredients except cheese for topping. Mix well so that each slice of potato is coated in cheese mixture.

3. Stack potatoes alternating between sweet potato and yellow potato slices in a baking dish vertically. Pour any excess cheese mixture on top of potatoes.

4. Cover tightly with foil and bake for 30 minutes. Remove foil and bake an additional 30 minutes. Top with the cheese for topping and let melt in the oven- can be just a few minutes or until golden brown.

Enjoy!