Prep time: 30 min
Ready in: 2 hours- 2 hours, 5 min
Serves: 8
Ingredients:
4 potatoes- washed
1/2 c. butter
1/2 c. Bacon Bits
1/2 c. sour cream
1/2 c. cheddar or Jack cheese- grated
1/8 tsp. seasoned salt
1/8 tsp. pepper (more to taste)
1 green onion- thinly sliced (optional)
Milk (if needed)
Directions:
- Pre-heat oven to 400
- Place potatoes on a cookie
- Bake until cooked through, about 1 hour, 15 min
- While baking, slice butter into pats
- Place sliced butter, Bacon Bits, and sour cream in a large mixing bowl (but do not mix yet)
- When you remove the potatoes from the oven, reduce heat to 350
- A few minutes after you remove the baked potatoes from the oven, cut them each in half lengthwise
- Use a spoon to scrape the insides of each potato into the mixing bowl with other ingredients- being careful to keep the shape of the potato skins in tact
- Place the hollowed out potato skins back on the cookie sheet as you empty them
- Use a potato masher to mash the potatoes and mix them with the other ingredients in the bowl- mashing to desired consistency
- Add 1/4 c. cheese, seasoned salt, pepper, and onion and mix well
- If mixture is too thick, add milk 1 T. at a time to thin it
- Spoon filling into potato skins
- Sprinkle remaining cheese over the top of the filled potatoes
- Bake until cooked through, about 15- 20 min
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