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Shepherd’s Pie Recipe

By Emily Chappell
Updated on July 2, 2012
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“Gooseberry Patch Keepsake Cookbook” offers dozens of Southern-style comfort food recipes that are sure to become treasured family traditions for years to come.
“Gooseberry Patch Keepsake Cookbook” offers dozens of Southern-style comfort food recipes that are sure to become treasured family traditions for years to come.
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Store-bought and pre-prepared ingredients make this Shepherd's Pie Recipe a quick and easy Southern-Style treat.
Store-bought and pre-prepared ingredients make this Shepherd's Pie Recipe a quick and easy Southern-Style treat.

Gooseberry Patch Keepsake Cookbook (Oxmoor House, 2010) is an essential piece of the family kitchen. With dozens of comfort food recipes, this Southern-style collection is sure to become a treasured family heirloom. Excerpted from “Fast Family Suppers,” this Shepherd’s Pie Recipe is an easily-prepared, always welcome favorite.

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Read more from Gooseberry Patch Keepsake Kitchen:
Fried Chicken Recipe
White Chili Recipe
Peanut Butter Cake Recipe

Shepherd’s Pie Recipe

Thanks to store-bought, pre-prepared ingredients, new cooks can get that “made from scratch” Southern-style taste.

2 (17-ounce) pkgs. fully cooked beef tips with gravy
1 cup frozen corn, thawed
1 cup frozen sweet peas, thawed
24-ounce pkg. refrigerated mashed potatoes
1⁄2 (8-ounce.) pkg. cream cheese, softened
1 tablespoon butter or margarine, softened
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 cup shredded sharp Cheddar cheese

Cook beef according to package directions. Spoon beef into a lightly greased 11″x 7″ baking pan. Top with corn and peas; set aside.

Cook potatoes according to package directions; spoon potatoes into a bowl.

Add cream cheese, butter and garlic powder; beat at medium speed with an electric mixer until smooth.

Spread potato mixture over vegetables; sprinkle with cheese.

Bake, uncovered, at 350 F for 15 minutes or until thoroughly heated. Serves 8.

This excerpt has been reprinted with permission fromedited by Emily Chappell and published by Oxmoor House, 2010 Buy this book from our store: Gooseberry Patch Keepsake Kitchen