Twice Baked Potatoes

** Twice Baked Potatoes**


2 Medium Potatoes
2 Tbsp. Butter, softened

1/3 c. Sour Cream

1/4 tsp. Salt

1/8 tsp. Pepper

2/3 c. Cheese, grated

1 Tbsp. Green Onion, minced

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Wash and scrub potatoes.
  
• Wrap in foil and bake for one hour, or until tender when pierced with fork. Remove from oven.
  
• Allow potatoes to cool slightly. Remove foil.
  
• Slice each potato in half legthwise. Carefully scoop center out into a mixing bowl (a melon ball coop works well). Reserve skins. The skins will be sturdier if you leave a small rim of potato inside.
  
• Mash potatoes with a potato masher to break up clumps.
  
• Add butter, sour cream, salt, pepper, and cheese. Add green onion, if desired. Mix well.
  
• Scoop potato mixture back into empty potato skins.
  
• Bake 350 degrees until hot. Serve with desired toppings.

Makes 4

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Suggested Toppings:

Grated cheese

Bacon bits

Parsley flakes

Chives

Buttered crumbs (such as corn flakes or crackers)

Buttered Crumbs:

Mix 1 c. crumbs with 1 Tbsp. melted butter.

Sprinkle over potatoes and return to oven 3 minutes or until crumbs are crunchy.

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I loved this recipe! My mom used to make Twice Baked Potatoes all the time so I have enjoyed these for years! My husband on the other hand had never had them. He loved 'em! We did everything the way it said except we didn't have any sour cream so we didn't use it. (We both agreed it would have been WAY better with the sour cream, though) and we didn't have green onions (we just onion flakes instead...it was still good)

We also mixed the bacon bits in with the mashed potatoes, and it gave it such a yummy bacony flavor!

All in all I give this recipe a 10!