Deluxe Stuffed Baked Potatoes Not For Dieters Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°. Scrub and pierce potatoes. Rub with oil if desired. Bake until tender, 50-75 minutes. When cool enough to handle, cut each potato in half lengthwise. Scoop out pulp, leaving a thin shell; set aside. Reduce oven temperature to 375°., In a small skillet, saute onions in 1/4 cup butter until tender. In a large bowl, mash potato pulp. Stir in sauteed onions, cream, sour cream, salt and pepper. Fold in cheese. Stuff into potato shells., Place on a baking sheet. Melt remaining butter; drizzle over potatoes. Sprinkle with paprika. Bake until heated through, about 20 minutes.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Scrub the potatoes and place them in the oven to bake until tender, about an hour.
• While the potatoes are baking, saute the onion until it is golden brown in one tablespoon of the butter or oil. Set aside.
• When the potatoes are done, split each in half lengthwise. Scoop all the insides into a mixing bowl, taking care not to break the skins. Using a fork, mash the potato with the remaining butter or oil. Season the mixture with salt and pepper and fold in the onions.
• Spoon the filling back into the skins of the potatoes, making eight filled halves. Mound the potato filling in each of the skins and lightly trace a pattern on the top of the potato with the tines of a fork. Set aside until shortly before serving time.
• Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Place the potatoes in a baking dish and place in the oven 15 to 20 minutes, until heated through and lightly browned on top. Serve at once.

Steps:

• Scrub and pierce potatoes. Bake at 375° for 1 hour or until tender. When cool enough to handle, cut a thin slice off the top of each potato and discard. Cut each potato in half lengthwise. Scoop out the pulp, leaving thin shells. , In a large bowl, beat the pulp with butter. Stir in 1 cup of cheese, sour cream, salad dressing mix, chives and garlic. Spoon into potato shells. Sprinkle with remaining cheese., Place on a baking sheet. Bake at 375 ° for 15-20 minutes or until heated through. Top with bacon and green onion.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
• Wash and dry potatoes. Prick the skins. Bake for 60 minutes, or until done.
• Cut an oval slice from the top of each potato, and scoop out the pulp. In a blender, whip cottage cheese until creamy. Mash the potato pulp, and blend in enough of the whipped cottage cheese to make a light, fluffy mixture. Stir in the scallions. Spoon the mixture back into the potato shells, mounding it slightly.
• Place stuffed potatoes on a baking sheet. Dust the tops with Parmesan cheese and paprika, and return to the oven until lightly browned.