Mini Twice Baked Potato Appetizers Recipes

MINI TWICE-BAKED POTATOES RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Wash potatoes thoroughly and poke holes in each with a fork. Place into a large bowl.
• Sprinkle with olive oil, salt, and pepper. Make sure each potato is evenly coated.
• Place on a baking sheet covered with foil.
• Bake at 425˚F (220˚C) for 35 minutes, or until potatoes are tender enough that a fork can go through the center flesh easily. Let cool for 10 minutes or until potatoes can be handled comfortably.
• Cut off tips of both ends of each potato. Using a melon baller or metal teaspoon, carve out the center each potato.
• Set the tips and carvings aside in a large bowl to use as the filling. (You may want to dice up the tips first so that they will mash easier).
• Melt butter and mix into the large bowl with the potato filling. Mash the potatoes with a fork until consistency is smooth.
• Mix in sour cream, cheddar cheese, bacon, green onion, salt, and pepper and stir until well combined.
• Using a small spoon, stuff each of the hollowed out potatoes with the filling.
• Bake at reduced temperature 375˚F(190˚C) for 5-7 minutes.
• Top each potato with cheddar cheese and bacon.
• Return to oven and bake for 3-5 minutes or until cheese is melted.
• Garnish with green onion.
• Enjoy!

MINI TWICE BAKED POTATO APPETIZERS

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 425 degrees F. On a rimmed baking sheet, toss the potatoes in the olive oil, 1/2 of the thyme, salt, and pepper. Pierce the potatoes once with a fork.
• Bake the potatoes for 20 to 25 minutes, until they feel tender when pierced with a toothpick. Remove them from the oven and allow them to cool enough to handle.
• With a sharp knife, slice the tops off of the potatoes and scoop out the flesh into a bowl. Discard the tops.
• With a potato masher or a large fork, mash the potatoes. Add the bacon, chives (reserving some for sprinkling later), salt and pepper to taste, the rest of the thyme, the onions, and the sour cream, and mix until combined.
• With a small spoon, stuff the mixture in all of the potato shells, mounding the tops. Place the shells on a baking sheet (I used the same one I just used to bake the potatoes) and top each with the Parmesan cheese. At this point, you can refrigerate the potatoes to bake later if you prefer.
• Heat the oven to 450 degrees F. Bake the potatoes for 10 to 15 minutes, until heated through. Garnish with the rest of the chives.

TWICE-BAKED MINI POTATOES

Steps:

• Place potatoes in a Dutch oven; cover with water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 10-12 minutes or until just tender. Drain. Cool slightly and cut each potato in half lengthwise. Gently scoop out the pulp, leaving thin shells., In a large bowl, mash pulp with butter, milk, cream cheese, horseradish, salt and pepper. Stir in the bacon, onion and half of the cheese. Spoon mixture into potato shells; sprinkle with remaining cheese., Transfer to a greased 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Bake at 350° for 15-20 minutes or until heated through. Top with chives.

MINI LOADED TATER TOTS® APPETIZERS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 450ºF.
• Place 2 TATER TOTS in each of 24 mini muffin pan cups sprayed with cooking spray; place on bottom oven rack. Bake 10 min.
• Spray bottom of shot glass with cooking spray. Use (in twisting motion) to press TATER TOTS in each muffin cup to make potato cup. Return to oven; bake additional 15 min. or until deep golden brown.
• Add cheese to potato cups; bake 1 min. or until melted. Transfer to platter; fill with remaining ingredients.

MINI TWICE-BAKED POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). (If using a countertop induction oven, preheat on the "Combo 3" setting).
• Cook bacon in a large skillet over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Drain bacon slices on paper towels; crumble into small pieces.
• Toss potatoes with vegetable oil to coat; season with salt and pepper. Spread potatoes on a baking sheet.
• Bake potatoes in the preheated oven until tender, about 30 minutes in the conventional oven and 20 minutes in the countertop induction oven. Cool potatoes until easily handled, about 5 minutes.
• Slice off the top 1/4 of each potato lengthwise. Scoop flesh into a bowl using a melon baller or small spoon, leaving about 1/8 inch of flesh on the skin.
• Mash melted butter and mascarpone cheese into the potato flesh in the bowl. Beat with a hand mixer until fluffy, about 30 seconds. Stir in bacon, green onions, and Cheddar cheese. Fill potato skins with potato mixture; return to the baking sheet.
• Bake filled potatoes in the preheated oven until warmed through, about 5 minutes. Turn on the oven's broiler; broil potatoes until cheese is bubbly and browned, 3 to 4 minutes. Remove from the oven.
• Season shrimp with Creole seasoning; transfer to a grill pan.
• Grill shrimp over high heat until opaque, about 3 minutes. (If using a countertop induction oven, cook shrimp on the "Grill setting" until opaque, about 3 minutes.) Top each potato with 1 shrimp.

MINI STUFFED BAKED POTATO APPETIZERS

Steps:

• Set oven to 400°F.
• In a bowl mix together the oil with salt and garlic powder.
• Slice the potatoes in half then coat all sides with the oil mixture.
• Place on a greased baking sheet cut-side down.
• Bake for about 25 minutes or until just tender; cool completely.
• In a medium bowl combine sour cream with green onions and crumbled cooked bacon, then season with black pepper.
• Slice a small thin piece off of the bottom of the baked potato half so that it will sit upright, then turn potato over.
• Using a melon baller or small spoon scoop out some of the center pulp (reserve the pulp for later use).
• Fill with about 1 tablespoon sour cream mixture, then sprinkle more chopped green onion on top of the sour cream.
• Serve immediately or chill until needed.
• Delicious!