Two Tone Baked Potatoes Recipes

TWO-TONE BAKED POTATOES

Steps:

• Pierce russet and sweet potatoes with a fork.
• Bake at 400°F for 60-70 minutes or until tender.
• Set sweet potatoes aside.
• Cut 1/3 off top of russet potatoes, leaving skins intact.
• Place pulp in bowl, mash with butter until smooth.
• Add 1/3 cup sour cream. milk, cheese, 2 Tbsp chives, and 3/4 tsp salt and mash until creamy.
• Cut off top of each sweet potato; scoop out pulp, leaving skins intact.
• Mash pulp with remaining sour cream, chives, and salt.
• Stuff mixture into 1/2 of each potato skin.
• Spoon russet potato filling into other half.
• Place on baking sheet.
• Bake at 350F for 15-20 minutes, or until heated through.

ULTIMATE TWICE BAKED POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Bake potatoes in preheated oven for 1 hour.
• Meanwhile, place bacon in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Drain, crumble and set aside.
• When potatoes are done allow them to cool for 10 minutes. Slice potatoes in half lengthwise and scoop the flesh into a large bowl; save skins. To the potato flesh add sour cream, milk, butter, salt, pepper, 1/2 cup cheese and 1/2 the green onions. Mix with a hand mixer until well blended and creamy. Spoon the mixture into the potato skins. Top each with remaining cheese, green onions and bacon.
• Bake for another 15 minutes.

TWICE-BAKED POTATOES

Steps:

• Scrub and pierce potatoes. Bake at 375° for 1 hour or until tender. When cool enough to handle, cut a thin slice off the top of each potato and discard. Scoop out the pulp, leaving thin shells., In a large bowl, mash the pulp with butter. Stir in the milk, bacon, onion, chives, salt, pepper and 1 cup cheese. , Spoon into potato shells. Top with remaining cheese and sprinkle with paprika. Bake, uncovered, at 375° for 20 minutes. Sprinkle with cheese. Bake 5 minutes longer or until cheese is melted.