Hey everyone, it is Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, twice baked potatoes. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Twice baked potatoes is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. Twice baked potatoes is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.

Twice Baked Potatoes are basically a way to eat mashed potatoes in a cute little potato boat. The first bake is roasting the potatoes so they are nice and tender and the outside is crispy. When cool enough to handle, cut a thin slice off the top of each potato and discard.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook twice baked potatoes using 6 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Twice baked potatoes:

1. Make ready 4 baking potatoes
2. Make ready 2 tbl spoon veg oil
3. Prepare 4 tbl spoon butter
4. Prepare 4 tbl spoon sour cream
5. Get 1/2 cup shredded cheese
6. Get Salt, pepper, italian seasonings & garlic powder

Although most of the work to make these twice baked potatoes is hands off, it does end up being rather time-consuming for a weeknight. To break up the work, you can roast, mash, and stuff your potatoes up to three days ahead and refrigerate them in an air-tight container for up to three days. Whether you're looking for something to add to your holiday spread, your game day buffet, or a special side to jazz up a weeknight dinner, these Twice Baked Potatoes are perfect! Everyone will love the cheese and bacon stuffed filling and the buttery, crisp potato skin.

Instructions to make Twice baked potatoes:

1. Pre heat oven to 400F
2. Wash potatoes in cool water. Pat dry & poke holes in potato with a fork, about 6-8 "stabs" per potato will work.
3. Brush veg oil (or canola) over potatoes. This will make for a crispy skin & make it easier to hollow the potatoes out. Sprinkle potatoes with salt & pepper.
4. Place potatoes on the center rack of the oven & place a cookie sheet under them on a second rack. Bake for 1 hour.
5. When done baking, cut a hole in the top of the potatoes, & hollow out the "guts" into a bowl.
6. Add butter, sour cream, cheese, salt, pepper, italian seasoning (about 1 tbl spoon) & garlic powder (about 1 tbl spoon) to "guys" & mash like you're making mashed potatoes. You can add more or less filler, & even add green onions & bacon!
7. Scoop the mashed potato mixture back into the potatoes & top with cheese.
8. Bake an additional 10 minutes to melt the cheese.
9. Enjoy!!!

For twice baked loaded potatoes, we like to use a starchy potato. You may find it hard for them to stay together when you scoop out the filling, but the potato filling will mix in and absorb the butter and sour cream much better than a waxier potato like red potatoes. You can either cool the cooked potatoes (but not twice baked) or cool the fully twice baked potatoes. Place baking tray with potatoes directly in the freezer and freeze for one hour. If you haven't already twice baked them, save the extra cheese on top until you're ready to bake.

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