Amazing Twice Baked Potatoes

Recipe Rating:	8 Ratings5
Category:	Potatoes
Collections:	Comfort Classics, Festive Feasts
Serves:	6
Prep Time:	1 Hr
Cook Time:	2 Hr

Ingredients

6	potatoes, bakers
1/2	yellow bell pepper
1/2	green bell pepper
1/2	red bell pepper
1	red onion
1/2 c	ham
1/2 c	bacon, cooked
1/4 c	milk, 1%
5 Tbsp	margarine
5 Tbsp	olive oil, light
1 lb	cheddar cheese, shredded
2 Tbsp	garlic pepper
1 1/2 c	sour cream

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Samantha Jolin

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Grand Forks, ND (pop. 52,838)

samanthajolin

Member Since Jul 2010

Samantha's Notes:

I took a variation of how my mother in law made these, and made it my own.. husband looooves them as well as my kids!! and it's always a hit at gatherings!

Comments from the Test Kitchen:

These yummy little potatoes are savory and oh-so creamy... It's no wonder they're always a hit!

Directions

pre heat oven to 350 degrees wash potatoes, poke holes with fork, bake for about 2 1/2 hours

while those are baking dice up the onion, peppers, ham, and bacon

sautee the onions, and peppers and garlic pepper in the olive oil until tender. remove from heat

mix the crumbled bacon, and diced ham with the onion mixture, sautee for about 5 minutes.

drain oil from mixture.

when potatoes are tender when stabbed with a fork, remove from oven, cut in half, length wise, and allow about 10 minutes to cool

when potatoes are cooled, scoop out the inside with a spoon being careful not to break the skin. save the shells on a foil lined cook sheet

put the scooped out potato into a bowl, mash with margarine, milk, sour cream and half the cheddae cheese

when done mashing to your desired chunkiness, or smoothness, add in the bacon, ham, onion mixture. mix well

begin scooping mixture back into shells fill them as full as you can they can be over flowing

cover the potatoes with remaining cheese. bake for about 15 minutes at 350.

Let cool about 10 minutes before serving..

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Gwen Mills CookinCowgirl

Sep 3, 2010

Sounds very yummy!!!! May try them with supper tonight!

Catherine Haury catrinka77

Sep 7, 2010

These look amazing!

Kimberly Kay KimberlyV65

Sep 16, 2010

I'll have to try these soon; thanks for sharing!

viola holman laylaf

Sep 16, 2010

sounds really delicious

Sharon Holmquist riversunshine32

Sep 17, 2010

I made these last night, added cream cheese also. Delicious!

Becky Howard baih

Sep 18, 2010

Sharon, these are wonderful! I make similar one for my family but minus the ham and with cream cheese. What is a time saver is that I usually zap the baked potato in the microwave and saves a ton of time because of schedules. Just be sure not to zap it too long so that it becomes too soft. Thanks so much for sharing!

Norma Jung NJung

Sep 20, 2010

I have a similar recipe. My family gets tired of left over mash potatoes so I do the twice baked in a glass dish. They love it and they don't realize they are eating left overs. :-)