twice baked potatoes

Belleville, IL
Updated on Apr 17, 2012

http://musingsofanamateurhousewife.blogspot.com/2012/02/love-affair-with-food.html

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Ingredients

  • 4 large brown (russet) potatoes
  • 2 tablespoons butter, softened
  • 1 cup lite sour cream
  • 4 ounces cream cheese
  • 4 ounces shredded colby jack cheese
  • 1/4 cup real bacon bits
  • 2 - scallions, chopped
  • A few dash salt and pepper

How To Make twice baked potatoes

  • Step 1
    Wash potatoes well, and put them into your crock pot for 3 hours with ½ cup of water. Cook them on high for 3 hours.
  • Step 2
    After 3 hours, take the potatoes out with tongs and set on a baking rack to cool for about 10 minutes (so they are cool enough to handle). Then, cut them in half length-wise, and scoop most of the insides out of the skins and empty into a large mixing bowl. (Leave about ?” of the insides in the potatoes for structure.)
  • Step 3
    Mash the potatoes, then combine with remaining ingredients. I recommend using a wooden spoon to combine the ingredients because the potatoes tend to get stuck in the beaters of an electric mixer.
  • Step 4
    Spoon the mixture back into the potato skins, or use a piping bag if you have one.
  • Step 5
    Place the potatoes on a cookie sheet and bake at 350° for 30-45 mins. depending on the size of the potatoes.

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