Description
Twice Baked Potatoes are a comforting and flavorful side dish featuring crispy bacon, creamy butter, parmesan, and sharp cheddar cheese. Perfect for holidays or weeknight dinners, these potatoes are baked, scooped, mixed, and baked again to melty perfection.
Ingredients
Scale
Potatoes
- 6 baking potatoes roughly the same size
Filling
- 6 slices bacon
- 6 tablespoons butter softened
- 6 tablespoons freshly shredded Parmesan cheese
- 1 cup freshly shredded sharp cheddar cheese, divided
- Salt to taste
- Pepper to taste
Instructions
- Bake Potatoes: Preheat your oven to 350˚F. Place the potatoes directly on the oven rack and bake for 60 minutes until tender when pierced with a fork.
- Cook Bacon: While the potatoes bake, cook the bacon in a skillet over medium heat until crisp. Drain on paper towels and crumble once cooled.
- Prepare Potatoes: Allow the potatoes to cool for about 10 minutes. Then slice each potato in half lengthwise and carefully scoop out the inside, leaving a small border to maintain the skin’s shape.
- Mix Filling: In a mixing bowl, combine the scooped potato flesh, softened butter, crumbled bacon, freshly shredded Parmesan, and ½ cup of the sharp cheddar. Lightly mash and mix together. Taste and season with salt and pepper as desired.
- Stuff Potatoes: Spoon the potato mixture back into the potato skins, filling each generously. You may have leftover skins. Sprinkle the remaining ½ cup cheddar cheese over the top of each stuffed potato half.
- Bake Again: Place the stuffed potatoes on a baking sheet and bake at 350˚F until the cheese melts and is slightly golden, about 20 minutes.
- Serve: Garnish with chopped green onions if desired and serve immediately while hot.
Notes
- Choose potatoes that are similar in size and shape to ensure even baking.
- You can prepare the stuffed potatoes ahead by filling them, covering, and refrigerating overnight before the final bake.
- For a crispier skin, brush the potato skins with a little oil before stuffing.
- Substitute bacon with smoked turkey bacon for a leaner option.
- Use a mix of sharp and mild cheddar for balanced flavor.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 potato half
- Calories: 210 kcal
- Sugar: 1 g
- Sodium: 290 mg
- Fat: 12 g
- Saturated Fat: 6 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 20 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 7 g
- Cholesterol: 30 mg
