Double Baked Potatoes

Total Time: 2 hrs 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 3
• 5 large baking potatoes
• 250 ml chive & onion cream cheese
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 5 -6 slices cooked bacon (or bacon bits)
• salt
• pepper
• green onion tops or chives

Recipe

• 1 wash and slice potatoes in half in the direction that will best offer a tipless boat.
• 2 wrap in foil and bake for one hour or 1 hour 15 minutes in a 350°f oven - you will know they are ready when you squeeze them and they give - if they don't give - they aren't quite ready yet.
• 3 remove from oven and cool.
• 4 scoop all your potato flesh into a large bowl - pick the 6 best boats and discard the remaining.
• 5 add cream cheese - pepper salt and butter and mash until nicely blended and smooth.
• 6 scoop the mash potato back into the boats - heap them up.
• 7 sprinkle bacon bits and chives / onion greens on top.
• 8 put back in a 350f oven for approximately 30 minutes - you just want them warmed up again but don't want to cause a crust.
• 9 and eat ! buon apetite !
• 10 these potatoes are pictured with a nice top sirlon beef steak marinated in my "red beef marinade" - have a peek - they go really well together.