Cassie Cooks: Cheesy Ranch Fries

Or as Scott calls them "an appetizer I would actually be OK with spending $8 on"

Which is a HUGE compliment coming from my very frugal husband who, if he had it his way, would never spend more than he had to on food.

Lucky he loves me so much and lets me splurge a little on our grocery shopping.

But really. These might be some of the best things I have ever put in my mouth.

I already am a potato lover...so I was so excited to try this recipe. It was better than I ever could have imagined.

Here is what you will need:

4-5 potatoes. 1/4 cup olive oil, salt, pepper, any other seasoning you want on your fries, 1 cup sour cream, 1/2 cup ranch dressing, 1/4 cup of milk, cheddar cheese, mozzarella cheese (I don't measure the cheese out- just a dump a few handfuls on), 2-3 slices of bacon.

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.

First thing we need to do is make the fries.

Go ahead and peel the poetess and then cut them up in to slices. Cover a cookie sheet with foil and lay them out. You will need a couple of cookie sheets for all of the slices to fit.

Then drizzle olive oil on top. Then salt, pepper, and other seasonings. Toss them around a bit to make sure each of the fries got some.

Pop those babies in the oven for 40 minutes. But make sure to check on them every now and then to make sure they aren't burning. When they are nice and golden and a little crispy you're good.

While those are baking it's time to make the sauce.

Get your sour cream, milk, and ranch.

Whisk them all together

Put the mixture aside til the fries are about a minute away from being done. Make some bacon in the meantime.

You can use bacon bits but I think it tastes better making the bacon yourself.

Then break them up into little pieces. Set aside.

Now right before the fries are done take that ranch mixture and pour about 3/4 of it on a cookie sheet.