Baked Potato Cups Appetizer Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven 450 degrees. Spray a 12 cup muffin pan and set aside.
• Peel potatoes and grate them with a box grater or use a food processor. Or just use frozen hashbrowns. Mix together the potatoes, parmesan, egg whites and seasonings.
• Scoup about 1/4 cup mixture into each muffin cups. Press down and up sides. Bake for 20-25 minutes.
• Remove from oven and top with colby jack cheese. Return to oven until cheese melts.
• Top with bacon and sour cream

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!

Steps:

• Prepare the Potato Cups.
• Preheat oven to 350° degrees F.
• Mix together the potatoes, onion, Parmesan, nutmeg, salt and pepper. Generously butter 6 muffin tins, 2-1/2" size. Press the potato mixture evenly into the muffin cups. Bake 45 minutes or until the edges are well browned.
• Remove from the oven to a rack to cool slightly. Loosen and invert the potato cups onto a plate.
• Prepare Marinated Cucumber Slices.
• While the potatoes are baking, notch the edges of the cucumber with the tines of a fork. Using a mandoline slice approximately 7 to 8 slices per person.
• Mix the mint, vinegar, sugar and cayenne together and marinate the cucumber slices for approximately 30 minutes.
• To Plate Up: Overlap the marinated cucumber slices in a circle off to the side on each plate. Place the inverted potato cup on top, add a sprig of Parsley and serve.