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Twice Baked Potatoes
One of the ultimate side dish recipes! These are seriously comforting, extra cheesy, deliciously creamy, mashed potato loaded, hearty stuffed potato skins and they never disappoint! A family favorite recipe!
👥 8 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 1h 45m⏳ Prep: 15 min🔥 Cook: 1h 30m👤 Jaclyn📖 cookingclassy
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- oven
- baking dish
- baking sheet
- bowl
- mixing bowl
- whisk
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Preheat oven and prep potatoes: Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Scrub and rinse potatoes clean and pierce potatoes several times on each side with a fork.
2
Bake whole potatoes until softened through: Place potatoes in preheated oven and bake ⏱️ 75 - 80 minutes until fully cooked through (they should be fairly soft when squeezed). Remove potatoes from oven and reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees.
3
Scoop out flesh of potatoes: Slice potatoes into halves. Use an oven mitt to hold potato halves and scoop potato flesh into a large mixing bowl (while leaving about 1/6-inch potato intact with the peel). Transfer empty potato peels to a 13 by 9-inch baking dish or baking sheet (see note*).
4
Mash: Mash potatoes with a potato masher until no longer lumpy (or pass through a potato ricer or food mill into bowl for seriously smooth potatoes).
5
Add liquids and season, stir: Add in half and half, sour cream, butter and season with salt and pepper to taste. Blend mixture together with a spoon (or with just briefly with an electric hand mixer) while adding more half and half as needed to thin.
butter, (melted)4 Tbsp
6
Fill potato skins: Scoop mixture into potato peels. Sprinkle with cheddar.
7
Stir seasonings and sprinkle over potatoes: In a small bowl whisk together paprika, onion powder, garlic powder, 1/4 tsp salt and 1/4 tsp pepper. Sprinkle seasoning evenly over potatoes.
8
Bake to heat through and melt cheese: Bake in preheated oven until cheese has melted and potatoes are heated through, about ⏱️ 10 - 15 minutes. Sprinkle with bacon and green onions and serve warm.
bacon, (chopped small and cooked until crisp (optional))6 slices
Nutrition Facts
calories
399 kcal
fat Content
24 g
serving Size
1 serving
fiber Content
3 g
sugar Content
2 g
sodium Content
391 mg
protein Content
10 g
cholesterol Content
61 mg
carbohydrate Content
35 g
saturated Fat Content
13 g
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