Roasted Garlic Twice Baked Potato Recipes

ULTIMATE TWICE BAKED POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Bake potatoes in preheated oven for 1 hour.
• Meanwhile, place bacon in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Drain, crumble and set aside.
• When potatoes are done allow them to cool for 10 minutes. Slice potatoes in half lengthwise and scoop the flesh into a large bowl; save skins. To the potato flesh add sour cream, milk, butter, salt, pepper, 1/2 cup cheese and 1/2 the green onions. Mix with a hand mixer until well blended and creamy. Spoon the mixture into the potato skins. Top each with remaining cheese, green onions and bacon.
• Bake for another 15 minutes.

ROASTED GARLIC TWICE-BAKED CHEESY POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Place each potato and head of garlic onto its own piece of foil, which should be large enough to fully wrap around the potato or garlic.
• Prick the potatoes several times one each side with a fork. Cut off the top of the garlic to expose the top of the cloves.
• Drizzle each potato and the heads of garlic with olive oil.
• Move to oven and bake for an hour. (I usually place them on a cookie sheet to prevent any oil from dripping and to make it easier to put in and out at once).
• Remove the potatoes and garlic from the oven and reduce heat to 350°F.
• Unwrap each potato and halve the short way (so they look like little cups, as opposed to a long "boat"). Cut off a small bit on each of the smaller, round ends so that they will sit up straight. Gently scoop out the potato flesh, leaving a thin edge all the way around the cup. Avoid breaking the potato skin.
• Mash the potato flesh in a medium bowl. Add sour cream, processed cheese (reserve 8 small cubes), and pepper, and beat until fluffy.
• Stuff mixture into the cups - it will be quite full, so mound on top as needed.
• Return to oven and bake for an additional 25 minutes, until heated through and cheese has melted.
• Top each potato half with a remaining piece of cheese and return for an additional 5 minutes, or until the cheese on top has melted.
• Garnish the potatoes with bacon and green onions before serving.

TWICE-BAKED GARLIC POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400º. Cut off and discard top of garlic. Place garlic on piece of foil, drizzle with olive oil and wrap tightly. Bake potatoes and garlic for 1 hour. Cut potatoes in half lengthwise, scoop out into a bowl and reserve shells. Unwrap garlic and squeeze cloves into potatoes. Mash potatoes and garlic with butter and enough milk to moisten. Blend in cream cheese, parsley, onions and salt. Spoon mixture back into potato shells. Sprinkle with cheese and paprika. Bake until cheese melts, 25 minutes.

ROASTED GARLIC & PARMESAN TWICE BAKED POTATOES

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• 2. Scrub potatoes, prick with a fork all around, rub down generously with olive oil and sprinkle with salt.
• 3. Bake in oven for about an hour until potatoes are tender and the skin is crisp.
• 4. While potatoes are baking put 1/2 cup of olive oil in a small pot, add garlic cloves, turn to low heat and let garlic cloves roast.
• 5. Once potatoes are done, cut length wise, scoop out potato flesh witin a half inch of the skin. Put flesh into a bowl.
• 6. Take garlic from oill once they begin to brown. Put butter and garlic in a mini food processor and blend together to make garlic butter.
• 7. Add garlic butter, cheese, parsley,1/2 cup of evaporated milk, and a couple spoonfuls of garlic oil. Salt and pepper.
• 8. Mix thoroughly, if mixture is to dry, not coming together add more milk and/or oil. Check for salt and pepper and adjust as needed.
• 9. Spoon mixture into potato skins. Top each with a sprinkling of parmesan cheese.
• 10. Put back in oven for ten to fifteen minutes, until cheese browns and potatoes are heated through.
• 11. These are delicious with a wonderfully grilled ribeye that your husband should be doing while you're working on potatoes.

TWICE BAKED POTATOES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. Gently scrub potatoes, but do not peel. Pierce potatoes several times with a fork to allow steam to escape while potatoes bake.
• Bake 1 hour to 1 hour 15 minutes or until potatoes are tender when pierced in center with a fork.
• When potatoes are cool enough to handle, cut lengthwise in half; scoop out inside, leaving a thin shell. In medium bowl, mash potatoes with potato masher or electric mixer on low speed until no lumps remain. Add milk in small amounts, beating after each addition with potato masher or electric mixer on low speed (amount of milk needed to make potatoes smooth and fluffy depends on kind of potatoes used).
• Add butter, salt and pepper; beat vigorously until potatoes are light and fluffy. Stir in cheese and chives. Fill potato shells with mashed potato mixture. Place on ungreased cookie sheet.
• Increase oven temperature to 400°F. Bake about 20 minutes or until hot.