How to Make Twice Baked Potatoes
Todays recipe about how to make twice baked potatoes is quick and easy to throw together and serves as a wonderful side dish or main entree.
Can I Freeze Twice Baked Potatoes?
YES! The fun thing about these potatoes is that you can make a batch ahead of time and freeze them to use in a jiffy at a later date. Reheating may then be done either in the oven or microwave, so this is a win win either way you look at it.
Best Go To Dish For Company
Back when we had people over for dinner on a regular basis, this was a go-to dish for me that I served just about every time. It was a great way to round out the meal without taking any additional prep time and they always got rave reviews.
Now, how bout some loaded ‘taters?
I’m going to show you the ingredients I use but the best stuffed potatoes are the ones made to your individual tastes. I’ve seen folks add milk, tomatoes, leftover chicken or bbq (yum!), mayonnaise, ricotta cheese, fresh or dried herbs, etc. The sky is the limit here.
Ingredients needed for this Loaded Twice Baked Potatoes Recipe:
- 7 medium potatoes washed
- Butter
- Cooked chopped turkey bacon
Green onions - Cheddar cheese
- Sour cream
- I also use a little salt and pepper.
- Bake your medium potatoes and cut them in half lengthwise like this. *I bake my potatoes by starting them in the microwave on about five minutes, then transferring to a 450 degree oven for about an hour. Sometimes I rub them down with a little cooking oil and sprinkle some coarse sea salt on them before baking like my Great grandmother did. MMM-MM Good!
- Scoop out the pulp but leave enough that the skin still has a bit of shape to it.
- To your pulp, add butter, sour cream, salt, and pepper.
- Mash up well with a potato masher or just a fork.
- Add in cheese and mash that, too.
- Add all other toppings.
- Stir up well. Resist urge to eat entire bowl as is.
- Spoon filling into your shells.
- Line these beautiful loaded potatoes up on a baking sheet and place this in the freezer, uncovered, for about an hour. This is called flash freezing and it keeps them from sticking together.
- After they are frozen, remove them from the sheet and put in a zipper seal bag.
- Return to freezer until you need them.
Printable recipe card for Loaded Twice Baked Potatoes below.
Ready to prepare your main dish or side?
When you are ready to make twice baked potatoes, take as many as you need out of the freezer and sprinkle with cheddar cheese to bake. You don’t have to use extra cheese unless you are a cheese lover like me 🙂
YUM! I like to keep these in the freezer and reheat just one or two for a quick lunch but like I said, they are a great side dish to have on hand for any meal.
Enjoy!
Ingredients
- 7 medium sized potatoes washed
- 1/2 cup Sour Cream
- 3 tablespoon butter
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 4 green onions chopped
- 1 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- 8-10 slices turkey bacon cooked and chopped
Instructions
- Bake potatoes and cut in half lengthwise. Scoop out pulp, leaving enough for the skin to retain it's shape. In bowl, combine scooped potatoes, butter, and sour cream. Mash together well. Add cheese, mash. Stir in all other ingredients. Spoon filling into potato shells.
- Line filled potatoes up on baking sheet or other dish and freeze, uncovered, for about an hour. Remove and place into zipper seal bag and return to freezer.
- To bake from frozen: Place on cookie sheet in 350 oven for half an hour, top with cheese and return to oven until melted.
- To microwave from frozen: Place on microwave safe plate and heat for about 2-3 minutes, or until heated through.
- To bake from room temp: Top with cheese and place in oven until heated through, about 15 minutes.
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Yummy! Those look awesome. I know my husband will devour those up! Thanks for all your wonderful recipes. Have fun in Atlanta!
Can’t wait to try these! Mashed potatoes are one of my favorite things, so these should be great. Enjoy your fall break!
This is on my shopping list and to do list for next week. Thanks!
These look great we call them twice baked potatoes : )
We have family over to eat about once a month, but we live about 20 min away from most of our family and friends and since its just my mother me and 3 year old brother who barely eats anything! We always have at least half our supper left over so I bring our left overs, or freeze half the casseroles to our bachelor friends
These would be great to eat while watching football on Sunday. Go Jets….I can’t wait to try them.
We are all on different schedules in my house, so it’s a big deal when we get to sit as a family and eat dinner. It doesn’t even matter what we are having, it’s just icing on the cake when it’s a really good homemade dish.
as to who I would like to have dinner with (other than you Christy) I think I would like to dine with Janet Evonovich my favorite author. I could ask her a million questions and still have more.
Jets and loaded potatoes on Sunday! yah!
Ha! Now you know you get bonus points and lollipops if you pick me! Lol!
Love these, but had never tried freezing before. Can’t wait to give it a try.
I’d love to have just one more dinner with my Grandma, so many things I still needed to learn from her, how she made favorite things and how she made her pickles or sauerkraut and her jelly recipes. Sadly, I know just one more dinner will never be enough.
Great choice! I absolutely LOVE Evonovich! 🙂 And of course, Christy is a top choice, too. LOL!
There are so many people I’d want to have over for dinner – it’s hard to pick. Off the top of my head I think I’m going with…. Stephen King. I tossed around the thought of one of my favorite comedians or perhaps even The Duggars (I just love them) but ultimately, I’d just have to serve dinner the the man who made me love to read. I gotta have the King over! 😉
Those look delicious. 🙂 I’ve never made twice baked at home before. I guess I’ve always thought it sounded like too much work! LOL. But I’ll eat taters anytime. I could live on ’em.
I would love to have family over just about any night of the week…if they lived anywhere close enough to do so. And we don’t really have any real close friends. Sad isn’t it? My husband is outgoing, but gone all the time, and I’m a total introvert without him. 😛
I’d like to have dinner with Michelle Duggar. I have SO many practical questions for her.
We try to have people over at least once a week. One of the limitations that I had to get over (and am STILL getting over) was my own pride. I didn’t want people to visit if my house was less than spotless or if I didn’t have time to make my BEST, most elaborate meal, and I found myself not having people over unless the conditions were ideal. Now, I know I’m not the best housekeeper and not a top chef, and I’m okay if others’ think that. I just want to be known as being kind, hospitable, and loving, and if that means people see a little dust on my hutch or a few crumbs on the floor, so be it.
Thanks for sharing all your recipes and tips! You bless me in many so ways.
Oh wow, if you have Michelle Duggar, can I come too? They do seem like such a nice family and I really enjoyed her book.
I always marvel at how she stays so calm all the time! lol
I’m learning to let go of the perfect house syndrome myself. Mama always had a perfect house but its a new day, I reckon! lol
Gratefully,
Christy:)
Christy,
Thank you for posting this recipe. I can’t wait to make it this weekend to freeze for future use.
I would pick my mom for a lunch date. Now, that I have an 8 month old daughter, I need to THANK her for all she did for me and my sisters!
Thanks again for the yummy recipe!
AMEN to picking your Mama!!!
Its been so long since I got to have a meal with just me and Mama, I think I’m gonna do the same!