Potato Skins
Who doesn't like potato skins? What is not to like? These yummy treats are relatively inexpensive to make and take little skills or effort to make. You can make 5 lbs. worth or just 3 potatoes depending on your needs. Potatoes are generally a staple most people keep on hand in their kitchen and these yummy treats are great for game night, movie night or as my girls will say they are a meal on their own. Now in my house we are divided, some of us like scallions and some do not, some like sour cream and some do not, so you can add or leave out ingredients to suite your preference.
Ingredients:
5 lbs. Russet Potatoes
4 cups of Sharp Cedar Cheese Shredded
2 pkgs. (2.5 oz. each) of real bacon pieces
Scallions (optional)
Sour Cream (optional)
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Wash potatoes making sure to rub potatoes skin roughly to ensure all dirt is removed.
Place clean potatoes on baking sheet , place in oven for approximately 1 hour or until a fork inserts easily into potato.
Once potatoes are cooked remove from oven and cut potatoes in half lengthwise.
Take a spoon and scoop out potato filling
I place potato filling in a bowl and save for making mashed potatoes, potato pancakes or potato casserole (or for making my grandmother's Halusky aka potato dumplings).
Get your 4 cups of Sharp Cheddar Cheese (or mild cedar if you prefer).
Fill each potato with a heaping pile of shredded cheese (keep in mind when the cheese melts it will not stay as full as they look now).
Get your scallions (also known as green onions, but if you look closely at the bag above green onions it reads scallions). I take about 6 pieces and use my kitchen scissors to cut pieces of he green sections into little circles. Once you have a pile of cut scallions add a few pieces to each potato.
I place about 5 rings of scallions on each potato but you can add as much or little as you like (as like some of my family members who do not like scallions I leave some potatoes scallion free).
Now is the time for my favorite topping, BACON!!! Now you could buy bacon, fry it and cut it yourself, but for me I find it jus as well to buy two packages (2.5 oz. each) of real bacon pieces.
Add a little pile of bacon to each potato.
Place the sheet of potatoes in the oven at 350 degrees for 10-15 minutes just long enough for the cheese to melt.
YUMMY!! All done time to eat.
At this point you may place a dollop of sour cream to you potato or place a pile on your plate for dipping purposes (Again this is an optional topping that does not have to be used).
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