Whole Lotta Flavor

Twice Baked Potatoes

Serves 6-8 portions

Preheat Oven to 425

Ingredients:

7 good sized Idaho Potatoes

2/3 cup of Milk

2/3 cup of Sour Cream

1/3 cup Miracle Whip Salad Dressing (the secret ingredient)

2 TBSP Garlic Powder

2 tsp Lemon Pepper

1TBSP Ground Black Pepper

1 1/2 TBSP Season Salt

1 TBSP Basil

1TBSP Oregano

1/2 cup Butter (the good stuff)

1 1/2 cup Shredded Cheddar Cheese

1 lb Cooked Bacon (not shown)

1/2 cup Shredded Cheddar Cheese for topping

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Ok so this is also my recipe for mashed potatoes EXCEPT with Twice Baked Potatoes you stuff them back in their potato shell and bake them again instead of just mashing them up and adding the spices. So first to TWICE bake them you need to ONCE bake them.

Pop 7 potatoes into the oven and bake at 425 for 45 minutes.

Then check in with the chubby-cheeks and see how she's doin....

Oh she's excited...I can tell....Anybody else think she looks a little Aunt Jamimaish with that headband on like that?

Ok once the potatoes are cooked. Slice them in half.

And scoop out the guts....I like to leave a little bit on the sides because it helps the shell hold its shape better.

See the empty potato carcass.

Now repeat. You might want to wait about 15 minutes before scooping...just so you don't burn your fingerprints off ;). Look at all the little potato carcasses....those are about to be filled amazing potato goodness.

All the scooped potato guts go in a big bowl. And it looks like this when its all done.

So plain....but not for long! Now dump in your:

2/3 cup of milk

2/3 cup of sour cream

1/3 c. of Miracle Whip Salad Dressing

2 TBSP garlic powder

2 tsp Lemon Pepper

1 1/2 TBSP Season Salt

1 TBSP Ground Black Pepper

1 TBSP Basil

1 TBSP Oregano

1/2 cup Softened Butter

1 1/2 c Shredded Cheddar Cheese
1 lb. Cooked Bacon

It's all in there....Now stir until it looks like this.

And plop that goodness back into its potato shell. You'll find that since we've added a bunch of stuff to the potato guts you now have plenty of goodness to overfill the potato shells....DO IT!