Best Loaded Twice Baked Potatoes Recipes

TWICE-BAKED LOADED POTATOES RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400˚F (200˚C).
• Rub each potato with 1 teaspoon of oil, and prick the top with a fork.
• Place the potatoes on a rimmed baking sheet and bake for 1 hour.
• Transfer potatoes to a cutting board, and cut in half.
• Using a spoon, gently scoop out the inside flesh of the potatoes and transfer to a medium bowl. Reserve the skins.
• Add the sour cream, melted butter, salt, pepper, ½ of the shredded cheese, and ½ of the scallions, and combine with a hand mixer until smooth.
• Use a spoon to transfer the potato mixture back into the scooped out potato skins.
• Bake for 10 minutes.
• Sprinkle the potatoes with remaining cheese, and bake for 5 more minutes, until the cheese is melted.
• Top with sour cream, bacon, and the remaining scallions.
• Enjoy!

LOADED TWICE-BAKED SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Place sweet potatoes on a baking sheet. Prick with a knife and drizzle with olive oil; rub to coat. Space sweet potatoes evenly apart.
• Bake in the preheated oven until completely tender, about 35 minutes.
• Meanwhile, add bacon to a pan over medium heat. Cook and stir until bacon starts to get crispy and the fat turns foamy, 4 to 5 minutes. Add green onions and jalapeno; cook and stir for 1 minute. Remove from heat and set aside.
• Let sweet potatoes cool until safe to handle. Leave the oven on. Cut off the top 1/3 of each potato, holding the knife at a 45-degree angle. Scoop out sweet potato flesh from both the top and bottom halves, leaving at least 1/4 inch flesh in the bottoms to make the shells.
• Season the sweet potato flesh with salt, pepper, and cayenne. Add 1/2 cup cheese, creme fraiche, and lime juice. Mash with a potato masher. Add the bacon mixture and mix until combined. Spoon filling into the sweet potato shells. Lightly scatter remaining cheese on top.
• Bake until heated through and tops have started to brown, 20 to 25 minutes.

FULLY LOADED TWICE BAKED POTATOES

Steps:

• Wash and cut potatoes in half length ways.
• "Bake" in microwave for about 20 minutes or until they are soft enough to smash.
• CAREFULLY scoop out the meat of the taters so you have a shell of skin, and save the meat in a bowl.
• Smash potatoes in bowl with the butter, sour cream, garlic, and milk. Making mashed taters!
• Add in bacon, cheese, and chives, saving enough of each for topping.
• Fill each skin with smashed potatoes.
• Top with the stuff you saved.
• From this point you can wrap them and freeze them if you want OR you can cook these bad boys now at 350 for about an hour.

LOADED WAFFLE IRON INSTANT TWICE-"BAKED" POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat waffle iron to high heat. Combine all ingredients in a mixing bowl. When the iron is ready, pile one serving's worth of potato mix in the middle of the waffle iron and close.
• The top should be slightly browned and crispy when it's done - otherwise the potatoes will fall apart. Fortunately, if the potato waffle starts to crumble as you try to take it out, you can just shut the iron again and let it cook some more.

LOADED TWICE BAKED POTATOES RECIPE - (4.5/5)

Steps:

• Wash and scrub potatoes, poke each one several times with a fork. Place in oven and bake 400°F for 65 to 70 minutes, or until soft when squished. Remove baked potatoes from oven (reduce oven temperature to 350°F), slice potatoes in half lengthwise and scoop out flesh into a large mixing bowl, leaving about 1/4 inch of flesh so potato maintains it's shape. Place potato skins on a baking sheet. Add butter to hot potato flesh in mixing bowl and mash potatoes with a potato masher until no longer chunky. Add in cream, sour cream, salt and pepper and beat potato mixture with an electric mixer until potatoes are smooth and fluffy about 2 to 3 minutes (Note: if you like your potatoes any thinner just add a little bit of milk a few tablespoons at a time to reach desired consistency). Fill potato skins with mashed potatoes and smooth out tops with a spoon. Sprinkle filled potatoes with cheddar cheese. Sprinkle each potato with about 1/8 teaspoon seasoned salt (you could do more or less to your taste) and fresh ground pepper to taste. Bake filled potatoes for 15 to 20 minutes (depending on how gooey or crispy you like your cheese). Remove from oven, sprinkle potatoes with crumbled bacon and chopped green onions, and drizzle with ranch dressing. Serve immediately. Ranch Dressing: Combine all ingredients in a mixing bowl, mix well. Cover and let rest in refrigerator 1 hour.

LOADED TWICE BAKED POTATOES

Steps:

• preheat oven to 425°. Spray a baking sheet with nonstick cooking spray. Place potatoes on prepared baking sheet. Bake for one hour, or until tender. Remove from oven and let cool 10 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 350°. Cut potatoes in half lengthwise. Carefully scoop out pulp into large bowl, leaving shells intact. Mash together pulp, sour cream, spread, salt, and pepper. Stir in half of bacon, 1 cup cheese, and green onions. Spoon mixture into shells, discarding two shells, and place on baking sheet.
• Baked stuffed potatoes at 350° for 15 minutes. Remove from oven and sprinkle with remaining 1 cup cheese and remaining half of bacon. Bake for five minutes longer or until cheese is melted. Garnish with chives and green onions if desired. Makes eight servings.