twice baked potatoes

This is a fabulous recipe for the holidays. Everything can be done ahead of time and can be popped in the oven right before your meal is ready. This potato dish is fit for a queen.

The Queens Potatoes

This is what you need-
4 medium tomatoes
2 pounds potatoes, peeled and chopped
8 tablespoons butter
2 cloves garlic, minced
½ cup diced onion
1 egg, tempered (mixed with potatoes after mashed)
½ cup mayonnaise
Salt and Pepper
¼ cup grated parmesan cheese (or your favorite cheese)

Get it done-
Cut tomatoes in half and scoop out seeds and pulp, invert to drain on a lined plate. Place potatoes in salted water and bring to a boil. Cook until tender, approximately 14 – 16 minutes.
Melt 8 tablespoons of butter in a skillet and sauté onions until they are translucent. Add garlic and continue cooking until garlic is fragrant.
When potatoes are ready, drain and return to pan, shake in pan over medium heat until potatoes are dry. Mash potatoes and then add butter, onion mixture, tempered egg, mayonnaise and salt and pepper. Blot the inside of the tomatoes with a paper towel and salt and pepper inside of tomatoes. Pipe potatoes into tomatoes, place in lined broiling pan and bake in a preheated 425 degree oven for about 10 minutes. Add parmesan cheese and return to oven and bake for an additional 5-7 minutes.

Growing up we always had cookouts on the weekends. Paula, Jimmy and the boys would come over and those were always such good times. Mom and Paula would get in the kitchen and make all of the fixins for the dinner. Dad and Jimmy would be in charge of charcoaling the meat. The kids would play in the yard waiting like little heathens and heathenetts for the dinner bell to ring. Mom and Paula made these potatoes for us a lot. It was always such a treat when we had these.

Double Baked Potatoes

Ingredients:

4 large russet potatoes
Olive oil, for coating potatoes
6 tablespoons butter
½ cup sour cream
½ cup mayonnaise
3 tablespoons heavy cream
¼ cup chopped green onion
Salt, pepper and garlic powder
½ pound bacon, cooked, drained and crumbled
1½ cup grated Monterey Jack cheese, divided

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Coat the potatoes with olive oil and place on a baking pan. Bake the potatoes for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until very soft. Allow to cool. Cut potatoes in half, lengthwise. Scoop potatoes from the skin into a large bowl. Mash the potatoes with a potato masher, add butter. In a separate bowl combine sour cream, mayonnaise, cream, green onion, salt, pepper, garlic powder, bacon and ¾ cup of cheese. Fold sour cream mixture in with potatoes. Taste potato mixture and season to taste. Scoop the potato mixture into the shells. Line a broiler pan with aluminum foil. Place potatoes on broiler pan and return to oven for 30 minutes. Remove pan and add remaining cheese to the top of the potatoes. Bake until cheese has melted and potato mixture is heated throughout. These can be made ahead of time and can be frozen.

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