Best Cheesy Stuffed Baked Potatoes Recipes

CHEESY STUFFED BAKED POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°. Scrub and pierce potatoes. Rub with oil if desired. Bake until tender, 50-75 minutes. When cool enough to handle, cut each potato in half lengthwise. Scoop out pulp, leaving a thin shell; set aside. Reduce oven temperature to 375°., In a small skillet, saute onions in 1/4 cup butter until tender. In a large bowl, mash potato pulp. Stir in sauteed onions, cream, sour cream, salt and pepper. Fold in cheese. Stuff into potato shells., Place on a baking sheet. Melt remaining butter; drizzle over potatoes. Sprinkle with paprika. Bake until heated through, about 20 minutes.

CHEESY SHRIMP-STUFFED TWICE-BAKED POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). Prick potatoes several times with a fork and place onto a baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until potatoes are easily pierced with a fork, 50 minutes to 1 hour. Remove from the oven and let sit until cool enough to handle, about 30 minutes.
• Slice off the top 1/3 of each baked potato. Use a spoon to scoop out all of the pulp from the potatoes and the tops, and place in a large mixing bowl. Set the emptied potato shells and tops onto a baking sheet.
• Add softened butter to the potato pulp; mix on medium to high speed until well combined. Then blend in sour cream, salt, and pepper.
• Roughly chop all but 4 shrimp. Stir chopped shrimp into the potato mixture with the Cheddar cheese until combined, then spoon it into the potato shells, molding it high. Add any overflow that won't fit into the top pieces. Slice 4 remaining shrimp in half lengthwise and arrange 2 pieces on top of each filled potato.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cheese is melted, filling is heated through, and top is lightly browned, 20 to 25 minutes.

CHEESY STUFFED BAKED POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°f.
• Cut off top 1/2 INCH from garlic head.
• Wrap garlic in foil.
• Prick potatoes with fork.
• Bake potatoes and garlic on baking sheet until tender, about 1 hour. Let stand 10 minutes.
• Separate garlic cloves. Pinch bottom of each clove to remove from skins; throw skins away.
• Cut slit lengthwise down center of eat potato. Scoop potato from skins, leaving 1/4-inch thick shells.
• Mash potatoes with 1/2 cup cheese, butter, oil, salt, paprika, black pepper, and garlic.
• Scoop potato mixture into shells; top with remaining cheese.
• Bake on ungreased baking sheet until cheese is melted.