Twice baked potatoes are a yummy variation of traditional baked potatoes. This easy recipe has pieces of real bacon, sour cream and butter in it with a thick topping of melted cheddar cheese. We served twice baked potatoes for a prime rib dinner along with classic green bean casserole, yams and warm baked dinner rolls. It was perfect!

If you don’t want cheddar cheese on top of your potato, crown it with a big dollop of sour cream instead. Another tasty variation, top it with both cheddar cheese and sour cream, too! It is all up to you.

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My favorite twice baked potato recipe is the one with bacon in it.

Here is how you make it:

 

Twice Baked Potato Recipe With Bacon

Ingredients

10 baking potatoes

1/2 cup sour cream

1/4 cup Milk

2 T Butter

8-10 strips bacon, cooked

4 – 8 oz shredded cheddar cheese

Directions

Pre-cook the bacon and cool it.*

Tip: preparing  the bacon in advance in the oven makes it so easy. I oven fried my bacon several days in prior to our big meal and froze it. When it was time to cook, I just counted out 10 strips and broke them by hand into pieces and put them in the saucepan.

Bake the potatoes on a baking sheet until they are done. [They will feel soft when you gently squeeze them.]

Using a knife, carve the top off of each potato.

Gently scrape out all of the insides and off of the top you carved off and put it it all into the saucepan.

The shell of the potato should be placed on the baking sheet and the top “lid” you took off gets thrown away.

Mash the potatoes and bacon pieces together a little with a fork to break up the big chunks.

Turn the burner on medium heat.

Add milk, sour cream and butter.

Mix with a spoon till butter is melted.

Whip the potato using an electric hand mixer on slow-medium speed.

 

Spoon the mixture into the shells.

Refrigerate them until 1 hour before serving.

One hour before dinner, put the baking sheet of filled potato shells in the oven on 300-375°*

Tip: you have flexibility with the heat here. You will notice that I had the dinner rolls in the oven at the same time. They were to be cooked for 15 minutes on 375° so, thought the potatoes started on lower heat, they were at the higher heat while the dinner rolls were baking.

Top them with cheddar cheese and return them to the oven right before your meal. Soon as the cheese is melted, remove them and serve.

Serves up to 10 people.

Tip: twice baked potatoes reheat very well. If you have leftovers, just refrigerate them in aluminum foil and have them for another meal.

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Do you make twice baked potatoes? What ingredients do you put in them?

Make-ahead green bean casserole is a perfect partner side-dish with twice baked potatoes!

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Enjoy!