Baked potatoes & onions with the memories of my childhood.............

When I was a little girl we always had a lake lot.

Oh my goodness the memories of the lake are wonderful ones.

Lots of family and friends, boat rides and skiing, fireworks, campfires, sunburns, loads of laughs, my dad teaching me to drive the boat, jumping off the dock in the deep end and the water being hot on top and ice cold twelve feet down, and great food.

Let me just say that so many different foods are associated with my memories of the lake.

The smells, the tastes, the preparations, the fun memories and delicious food is right here in my mind even as I am blogging.

We always cooked over a fire. So when we would head to the lake, for the weekend, my mom would prep foods at home to be cooked at the lake. We'd then pack our coolers and off we'd go. 

One of the dishes that she would prep was potatoes and onions, but instead of putting them in a pan she would put them in Reynolds Wrap and we would throw them on the fire right before dinner.

So when I became an adult and craved these potatoes I decided that I would make them in a cake pan, in my oven, and I'd take care of that childhood craving.

This homemade dish is so simple, feeds many people, is like fried potatoes without the mess, and yep, it's cooked in butter.

Is this a healthy dish? Heck to the no......

Is it a delicious and mouth watering dish? Heck to the ya.......

Let's get started on this artery clogging pan of goodness~

Preheat your oven to 450 degrees.

Peel and slice your potatoes as if you're making fried potatoes.

 Take two onions and slice them as onion rings.

 Take a paper towel and put butter on it and smear it all over the pan.

 Make one layer of potatoes at the bottom of the pan.

 Next make one loose layer of onions on top of the potatoes and then repeat until you run out of potatoes and onion.

 In between the layers add salt and pepper to taste.

It will look like the picture below~

 Now, take some butter and just drop it, by tablespoon,  in different areas of the the pan.

It will look like this when all of the butter has been put on.

(I know, folks, lots of butter)

Now, it's time to put it in the 450 degree oven.

Before you do this make sure to cover it tightly with aluminum foil so that no steam escapes.

See how tight it needs to be sealed. If it's not sealed tight under these high temperatures, then the potatoe's will burn.

~Trust me, I learned the hard way~

In one hour, remove the foil, stick a fork in the potatoes to see if they're done. If the potatoes fall apart then they are cooked then they are done. If the potatoes are not fully cooked then I cook them in fifteen minute increments until they are done.

Now, how do these look?

These look done to me?

I have to tell you that these are great to take to potlucks, too, as long as you put the aluminum foil right back on them so that they stay heated.

My family loves this dish and I love it not only because of my childhood lake lot memories, but I get to have fried potatoes without the mess all over my stove top. Who likes to clean up grease? Not this girl.

Toodle-loo

Nikki Pugh