Funeral Potatoes

7 cups shredded baked potatoes

1/4 cup butter
2 cups sour cream
2 cans cream of chicken soup
2 tsp salt
4 cups grated cheddar cheese
1 cup crushed corn flakes
2 tsp melted butter

In a sauce pan, melt butter and heat sour cream and soup and salt.  Once uniform add cheese ( doesn't need to be melted).  Set aside about 1 1/2 cups for later.  Mix in potatoes then spread into a 9x13 pan. Top with mixture bake at 350* for 40 minutes topping with corn flake mixture just the last 5 mins.

LAREE'S CRUNCHY MUNCHY

Pop 1/2 cup popping corn and place in the bottom of a large stainless steal bowl, then add:

10 cups cinnamon toast crunch cereal

10 cups Rice Chex

2 cups raw coconut (found at health food stores)

1 1/3 cups pecans

1/13 cups almonds

1 1/3 cups cashews  

(or 2 cups almonds and 2 cups pecans)

2 cups small pretzels broken in half

Mix and set aside

1 1/2 cup butter

1 1/2 cup Karo Syrup

dash of sea salt

2 cups white sugar

Mix together in a sauce pan. Cook and stir over medium heat until mixture comes to a boil.  Continue cooking and stirring for 5-6 more minutes.  Take from the heat and pour over cereal mix, stir until everything is coated. Spread out on parchment paper or 2 or 3 buttered cookie sheets.  Drizzle with melted white chocolate and or dipping chocolate.  When chocolate is set you can package or put in an airtight container.

*See Killian Corn!

LaRee McNeese makes this for a craft show every year, they can't make enough of it, they always run out.  I love it!