Grandmother Zell's Cheese Grits

Zell Grant made her trademark cheese grits as a side dish for family dinners, including Thanksgiving and Christmas.

It's one of Amy's favorite dishes of hers!

Ingredients

4 cups water

1 cup Quaker Quick Grits

1 teaspoon salt

2 eggs

½ cup milk

2 6-ounce roll packages Kraft garlic cheese spread, sliced*

½ cup butter

½ cup cubed paprika

Preparation

1. Heat oven to 300°F. Boil water in a saucepan. Add grits and salt. Cook for 3 to 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.

2. Meanwhile, beat eggs with milk in a separate bowl. Add cheese, butter, milk-and-egg mixture to grits. Stir until melted. Pour into a 2-quart casserole dish.

3. Bake 45 minutes or until top is golden brown. Sprinkle with paprika.

Serves 6

*If you can't find garlic cheese spread, substitute 1½ cups cubed Velveeta and 1 teaspoon minced garlic.

Read Amy Grant's inspiring story about Thanksgiving!

We’ve been lucky enough to share Amy’s amazing music, too. She sang a duet with Matthew West, Give Christmas Away, here in the Guideposts office. And she hung out in Central Park last summer to talk about her album, Somewhere Down the Road.