Category : americana, cheese, comfort food, original recipe, potato
Before my dad left the house today he was talking to me and said that if I was going to be home for dinner I should cook something, like a Tuna Noodle Casserole. Now, don’t get me wrong, Tuna Noodle is delicious and I love it, but I just wasn’t in the mood for it this evening. PLUS, I wanted to make up a new recipe using the potatoes we had in the house. SO tonight I made my yummy meatloaf (previously reviewed) and made up my own (probably not very original, but whatever they were slammin’) recipe for Twice Baked Potatoes!
Ummmmmmmm yeah. I wish I could be buried in a vat of potato filling so I could be forced to eat my way out. Hello Gorgeous…
Ease of preparation: 2
Taste: 2
Feeds: 2 per potato that you use, the recipe below will be for 3 potatoes
Taste: 2
Feeds: 2 per potato that you use, the recipe below will be for 3 potatoes
But yeah, these are pretty good. If we had bacon in the house I would have chopped some of that up and thrown it in, but as it were we just had “Bacon Bits” so I made due. Also I was kind-of just throwing things together in a big bowl so my recipe below is mostly just an estimate of what I did. Great additions in the future would be: different types of cheese, broccoli, real bacon, chives, etc.
Twice Baked Potatoes
Ingredients:
3 potatoes
4.5 tbsp butter (1.5 tbsp per potato)
3 heaping spoonfuls of sour cream
1/2 cup + 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/4 cup milk
1.5 tbsp parsley
2 tbsp bacon bits + 1 tbsp bacon bits
1 tsp pepper
1 tsp salt (or to taste)
3 potatoes
4.5 tbsp butter (1.5 tbsp per potato)
3 heaping spoonfuls of sour cream
1/2 cup + 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/4 cup milk
1.5 tbsp parsley
2 tbsp bacon bits + 1 tbsp bacon bits
1 tsp pepper
1 tsp salt (or to taste)
Directions:
1. Bake potatoes at 400 degrees for about 1 hour
2. While potatoes are baking, prep the rest of your meal
3. Let potatoes cool enough to be handled
4. Cut potatoes in half, hot dog style, spoon out the innards creating a “potato boat”
5. Mix in the rest of the ingredients (except that 1/2 cup cheese and 1 tbsp bacon bits) in to the potato guts using a fork or spoon to mash it all together
6. Spoon potato guts evenly back into the potato boats
7. Top potatoes with rest of cheese and bacon bits
8. Bake an additional 15-20 minutes at 350 degrees
1. Bake potatoes at 400 degrees for about 1 hour
2. While potatoes are baking, prep the rest of your meal
3. Let potatoes cool enough to be handled
4. Cut potatoes in half, hot dog style, spoon out the innards creating a “potato boat”
5. Mix in the rest of the ingredients (except that 1/2 cup cheese and 1 tbsp bacon bits) in to the potato guts using a fork or spoon to mash it all together
6. Spoon potato guts evenly back into the potato boats
7. Top potatoes with rest of cheese and bacon bits
8. Bake an additional 15-20 minutes at 350 degrees
More delicious pics of my dinnerrrr and the process:
My taters pre-second baking!
DINNER Y U SO TASTY???