a medley life: twice-baked potatoes

Here's another pioneer woman recipe! Love her! This is so good. I even cut the recipe in half and still had enough to feed 8 people.

twice-baked potatoes

ingredients:

4 baking potatoes, scrubbed clean

canola oil

4 slices thick-cut bacon, fried

1 stick butter

1/2 cup sour cream

1/2 cup milk

1/2 teaspoon Lawry's

1/4 teaspoon black pepper

1 cup grated sharp cheddar cheese

1 green onion (optional)

1. preheat oven to 400 degrees F.

2. with a paper towel, rub the outside of the potatoes with canola oil.

3. place the potatoes on a baking sheet and bake for 45 minutes. (after they are cooked, turn the oven to 300 degrees F)

4. dice the fried bacon into bits

5. throw the butter, sour cream, bacon, milk, lawry's, and pepper into a large bowl.

6. while the potatoes are still hot, hold each potato in a towel and cut in half lengthwise.

7. with a large spoon, scrape out the insides into the bowl with the other ingredients. repeat until all the potatoes have been scraped. reserve the potato shells on a large baking sheet.

8. use a potato masher to mix ingredients together.

9. stir in 1/2 cup of grated cheese.

10. slice the green onions (optional). add them to the bowl. if you plan on freezing some potatoes leave this step out. stir, taste, and adjust seasonings.

11. fill each potato half with potato mixture and return to baking sheet.

12. top with remaining 1/2 cup grated cheese

13. bake for 10 to 15 minutes at 350 degrees F until the cheese is melted and potatoes are hot.

I baked my potatoes and bacon at the same time. I put a piece of parchment paper on a baking sheet for the bacon and baked it for 10 minutes on 400F.

My potatoes are definitely not pretty!

I didn't add the green onion to the potato mixture because I planned on freezing some. Green onions do not freeze well. I just added a few green onions to the top of the potatoes I cooked.