Cheesy Twice Baked Potatoes Recipe

Twice baked potatoes are easy and delicious. Made with potato, butter, milk, green onion, cheese, sour cream and seasonings. The next time you bake something in the oven, wash some potatoes and lay them on the rack while the casserole bakes. Let them cool and refrigerate for the next day, half the work will already be done.

Bake potatoes whole in the oven. Slice the potato lengthwise. Scoop out the inside leaving about 1/4” still intact and place the scooped-out potato into a medium bowl. Place the potato skins on a baking sheet.

Using a mixer, beat the scooped-out potato with milk and butter, just like you would when you make regular mashed potatoes.

To the scooped-out potatoes add the green onion, salt, pepper, cheese, sour cream and garlic powder. Mix with the mixer until combined, do not over mix.

Fill the potato skins with the mashed potato mixture.

Bake in a preheated 350º oven for 15 minutes or until hot and the cheese is melted.

Garnish with fresh parsley, optional.

Then serve!

Cheesy Twice Baked Potatoes

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Ingredients

  • 6 medium potatoes

  • 4 Tbsp Butter

  • 1/4 cup milk, more or less

  • 1 green onion, diced

  • 1 tsp salt or to taste

  • 1/2 tsp pepper or to taste

  • 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese

  • 1/2 cup sour cream

  • 1/2 tsp garlic powder

  • parsley for garnish, optional

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

  2. Bake potatoes whole in the oven. Slice the potato in half lengthwise. Scoop out the inside leaving about 1/4” still intact and place the scooped-out potatoes into a medium bowl. Place the potato skins on a baking sheet.

  3. Using a mixer, beat the scooped-out potato with milk and butter, just like you would when you make regular mashed potatoes.

  4. To the scooped-out potatoes add the green onion, salt, pepper, cheese, sour cream and garlic powder. Mix with the mixer until combined, do not over mix.

  5. Fill the potato skins with the mashed potato mixture.

  6. Bake in the oven for 15 minutes or until hot and the cheese is melted.

  7. Remove and garnish with parsley, optional.

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29 Comments »

  1. My mother used to make these, but I haven’t in a long time because I would try to do it all at once. If I can bake the potatoes ahead of time, as you suggest, it might be feasible for me. Is it not necessary to mash up the potatoes when they are hot?

    • I actually microwaved the scooped out potato from cold for a minute or two just until the butter would melt. I didn’t find it necessary to heat the shell. It was so simple to make without having to worry about an hour baking the same day. I didn’t put anything like oil on the potatoes and I didn’t prick them when I baked them either. I also didn’t wrap the whole cooked potatoes when I refrigerated them which kept the skin from getting soft.

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