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Twice Baked Potatoes

Potato skins filled with smashed potatoes, onions and cheese, baked again with more melted cheese on top.

Course Side Dish
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 20 minutes
Servings 6

Ingredients

  • 6-8 medium potatoes
  • 1/2 onion diced
  • 1 1/2 cups cheddar cheese shredded
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp pepper
  • 1 stick butter

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

  2. Wash potatoes lightly slit each side, long ways (the way you will cut the potato in half once cooked.

  3. Bake potatoes for one hour.

  4. Saute onion on medium heat in a small frying pan, for 2 minutes, until tender.

  5. When the potatoes are done, slice each in half, long ways.

  6. Holding with a towel.  Scoop out the inside of the potatoes, leaving the skin.  Place the skins on a baking sheet.

  7. Mix all the potato in a medium bowl with the butter, onion, 3/4 cup cheese, salt and pepper.

  8. Scoop about 1/4 of a cub of mixture into each skin.  Sprinkle with remaining cheese.

  9. Bake again for about 10 minutes, until cheese is melted.