Twice Baked Potatoes

The last month has been a little crazy… We were out of town for 27 days. We spent just over two weeks in Pittsburgh and then 11 days in Florida—10 of those days were at Walt Disney World. While we were in Florida I missed a week of posting, so this week I’ll be posting two recipes.

This first recipe is something that I have made a couple of times, one of which was during our vacation for my family for my parent’s anniversary. You should try these potatoes out They’re delicious.

What You’ll Need…

4 Large Bakers Potatoes

¼ Cup Sour Cream

1 Cup Shredded/Grated Cheese (Any kind you like.)

4 Slices Bacon

½ Cup More Cheese (For topping)

2 Green Onions (Chopped) [Optional]

Pre-heat your oven to 400.

Start out by washing and drying the outside of the potatoes.

Place the potatoes directly onto the rack in your oven and allow them to bake until fork tender – about 1 hour.

Towards the end of the baking time start on your bacon. Bake the bacon on a cooling rack that has been placed on a baking sheet. Allow the bacon to bake for 10 minutes.

Once the potatoes have baked allow them to cool slightly so that you can handle them. Once they have cooled cut each potato in half lengthwise and carefully scoop out the insides of the potatoes and place them in a mixing bowl. You want to scoop out as much as you can while still allowing there to be enough to that the potato half still has enough structural integrity so that it doesn’t collapse.

When all of the potato insides has been added to the bowl place the outsides on a baking sheet. Cut or break up the bacon and add it to the bowl with the sour cream, cheese, and onions if you’re using them. Mix to combine.

Scoop the mixture into the potato halves. You will have some filling left over. Top the potatoes with cheese.

Bake the potatoes for an additional 15-20.

Enjoy!