Recipe: Grandma's Scalloped Ham and Potatoes

These recipe is something that I'll forever cherish from my Grandma Hope.  She made these all the time as a kid for holidays.  Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving... I absolutely loved them!  And I am sad to admit that I forgot about them. It's been YEARS since I'd last had them.  In the last few weeks I've been racking my brain for my favorite Autumn comfort food recipes when these came to mind.  They are the easiest to make and only take a few ingredients.  One of them being bacon.  And who doesn't love some good home grown Midwestern bacon??  We actually got this meat from my dad who butchered the hog himself, prepped, cured, and packaged the meat.  The best part is you have no limit on how much bacon you add to this recipe.  I mean, of course you want to be able to taste the potatoes but you can splurge a bit on the bacon with these. 

Biting into these again brought back so many memories.  I even had tears in my eyes.  Tony absolutely loved them and has already asked that I make them again in the coming weeks.  Normally you would eat these as a side dish but we decided they would be good enough as a meal last night.  I hope you enjoy these!  Be sure to leave a comment letting me know what you thought!

Prep time:  20 minutes

Bake time: 80-90 minutes

Special instructions:  I made a smaller batch that was enough for the two of us plus leftovers as a side for today.  You can adjust depending on how many you are feeding.  Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 

Ingredients:

4 large baking potatoes

3 C. Whipping Cream

1 C. Milk (I use skim because the cream is pretty heavy already) 

3 tbsp. flour

Bacon- had I bought a store bought package I probably would have used 3/4 of the package 

Salt and pepper to taste

Dried parsley to garnish

Wash and peel the potatoes.  Cut them into thin circle slices and then cut slices in half.  Layer in greased baking dish (I forgot to do that and my dish was so hard to clean) with strips of bacon.   In a separate bowl mix together the flour, cream, and milk until mostly smooth.  Pour the milk mixture over top of the potatoes and bacon.  Sprinkle with salt and pepper to your liking.  

Place dish in a 350 degree oven and bake for 80-90 minutes.  I did the full 90 and they were perfect.  I also took the dish out half way through and stirred the mixture to get some of the bacon from the bottom of the pan on top to get a more crispy texture.  Serve garnished with dried parsley. 

Heaven in your mouth I swear!!!