Comforting, cheesy and delicious. Holidays often involve spending lots of time with family and even more time eating lots of food. Nostalgic comfort food is definitely more welcome at the table than talking about politics, religion or what Aunt Sylvia is wearing.
I have fond memories of my mom making twice baked potatoes and realized recently that I had never made them for my kids. They were even better than I remember.
Twice Baked Potato
Ingredients
8 small baked potatoes
2 cups + 1/2 cup of shredded sharp cheddar
4 ounces of cream cheese
1/2 cup of milk
2 Tablespoons of butter
1 teaspoon of salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper
1/4 teaspoon dried thyme
Directions
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Wash your potatoes and make 2 to 3 fork pricks into each and wrap each potato with foil. Place foil wrapped potatoes in oven directly on rack for 45 minutes, flipping over half way through. While potatoes are baking, place 2 cups of cheddar, cream cheese, milk, butter and spices in a large bowl. Once the potatoes are cool enough to touch, cut each in half and scoop out the insides and add to the bowl. Mash the ingredients in the bowl together using a teaspoon to fill the potato shells. Top with the rest of the shredded cheese. Put back in the oven for 15 minutes until the cheese is bubbly.
TIP: You can prep this ahead of time and then reheat at 400 degrees for about 30 minutes until heated through.
More holiday side dishes to come next week! Tomorrow, look out for more holiday treat ideas! And as always gluten free, but no one can tell 😉
Holiday side ideas from past posts:
