Dehydrating Your Own Potatoes

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**You can use the instructions from your favorite pre-packaged potato mixes
to cook or reconstitute your dried potatoes, or you can use the recipes
below to put together your own mixes for your home-dried potatoes.

Basic Sauce Mix

2 Tbsp. Nonfat Dry Milk
2 Tbsp. Flour
2 Tbsp.

Cornstarch
1 tsp. Onion Powder or 1 Tbsp. Crushed Dried Onions
1/8 tsp.

Black Pepper

Combine the above ingredients to make 1 package of sauce mix and seal it in
a small zip baggie, removing as much air as possible. When making several
mixes to store or give as gifts, multiply this sauce mix recipe and store in
a jar until ready for use. 6 Tbsp.

Sauce Mix is equal to 1 x the above
recipe. Yield: 3 cups or four 3/4 cups servings

Scalloped Potato Mix in a Jar

3 cups dehydrated Potatoes
1 package (6 Tbsp.) Sauce Mix
1/3 cup Nonfat Dry Milk

Place these ingredients into a one quart jar, making certain the sauce mix
and dry milk are first placed into small zip baggies, then sealed with the
air removed. Place the potatoes into the bottom of the jar, then add the
baggie of mix on top. Place lid on jar and store in a cool dry place until
ready to use.

Attach the following instructions for later use, or for gift
giving:

Scalloped Potatoes

3 Tbsp. Butter or Margarine
2-3/4 cups boiling Water

Pour the potatoes into a medium size ungreased casserole and sprinkle the
sauce mix on top. Dot with butter; stir in the boiling water. Bake at 400
degrees F for 30 to 35 minutes or until tender.

If you are cooking something
else at a lower temperature in your oven, adjust the baking time; at 350
degrees bake 40 to 45 minutes; at 325 degrees bake 50 to 55 minutes.

Skillet Meat and Potatoes Casserole Mix in a Jar

3 cups dehydrated Potatoes
1/3 cup Nonfat Dry Milk 1 package (6 Tbsp.) Sauce Mix
1/4 tsp. Black Pepper
1/2 tsp. Salt
1 tsp.

Beef Bouillon Granules

Place above ingredients into a quart jar, placing milk, sauce mix, pepper,
salt & bouillon granules into a small zip baggie, which will be placed on
top of potatoes in the jar. Place lid on jar & store in a cool dry place
until ready to use. Attach the following instructions for later use, or for
gift giving:

Skillet Meat & Potatoes Casserole

Brown 1 pound of ground beef in a skillet, and drain off excess fat. Stir in
2 3/4 cups water and the ingredients from the jar. Heat to boiling, reduce
heat, cover and simmer stirring now and then, for about 25 minutes or until
the potatoes are tender.

Yield: 4 one cup servings

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