Blue Cheese Twice Baked Potatoes Recipes

BLUE CHEESE TWICE-BAKED POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Wash and dry potatoes. Rub them lightly with a bit of shortening or vegetable oil (helps crisp the skin) and place directly on oven rack, or a cookie sheet. Bake for one hour or until potatoes are done.
• Remove potatoes and let cool just a bit. Cut an opening on the top and hollow out each potato, OR cut each potato in half (as shown in photos) to make 8 servings. You may want to hold them with a potholder as they will still be hot!
• Scoop out the insides and place in a bowl. Mash, and add butter, sour cream, bleu cheese, milk, salt, pepper, and garlic. Beat with a hand mixer or stir with a wooden spoon until fluffy. Carefully spoon mixture back into potato shells. Place in a baking dish.
• Return to hot oven and bake for 12-15 minutes. Remove and sprinkle bacon and cheddar cheese over each potato. Bake an additional 3-5 minutes or until cheese is melted and bubbly

BLUE CHEESE TWICE BAKED POTATOES

Steps:

• Rub potatoes with shortening.
• Bake at 400 for 1 hour til soft.
• Cook bacon til crisp and crumble.
• Cut potatoes in 1/2 lenthwise
• Scoop out inside of each.
• Mash the potatoes.
• Add sour cream, blue cheese, milk, margarine, salt and pepper.
• Beat with mixer until fluffy.
• Spoon potato mixture lightly into shells.
• Sprinkle with bacon.
• Place on baking sheet and return to oven.
• Bake 15 minutes or until heated through.

BLUE CHEESE TWICE-BAKED POTATOES

Steps:

• Rub potatoes with olive oil then sprinkle with salt and bake at 375 degrees until done (60-90 mins) Let potatoes cool. Then cut in half lengthwise and use a spoon to scoop the insides into a bowl. Add butter, blue cheese, and sour cream (enough to make them creamy). Add salt, pepper, and chives to your liking. Scoop the mixture back into skins and sprinkle with paprika. Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 min

SKY BLUE POTATOES (AKA BLUE CHEESE TWICE-BAKED POTATO APPETIZERS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
• In a medium bowl, toss the potatoes with the olive oil.
• Place cut side down on a baking sheet and bake until the skins are crisp, 20 to 25 minutes. Let them cool.
• Scoop out the center of each potato half and place in a medium bowl. Stir in the sour cream, blue cheese, bacon, and green onion.
• Fill each potato skin with the sour cream mixture and garnish with parsley.

BLUE CHEESE AND CHIVE TWICE BAKED POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Bake potatoes for 1 hour or until tender. Cool until able to handle. Cut top 1/4 off each potato lengthwise. Scoop out pulp into large bowl and reserve potato skin shells.
• Add buttermilk and remaining ingredients to potato pulp. Beat with electric mixer at medium speed until well blended. Spoon potato mixture back into reserved shells.
• Arrange stuffed shells on baking sheet. Bake for 20 minutes or until thoroughly heated and browned.

TWICE-BAKED POTATOES WITH BLUE CHEESE AND ROSEMARY

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F
• Pierce potatoes with toothpick or fork.
• Place on oven rack; bake until cooked through, about 1 hour 15 minutes (or microwave on high until tender, turning once, 10 to 15 minutes).
• Transfer to baking sheet; cool 5 minutes.
• Cut off top third of each potato.
• Scoop flesh from bottoms into bowl, leaving 1/4-inch-thick shell.
• Scoop flesh from tops; add to bowl. Discard tops.
• Add 1/4 cup sour cream, 1/4 cup blue cheese, butter, garlic and rosemary to potato flesh; mash.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• Transfer mixture to pastry bag fitted with large star tip; pipe mixture into potato shells, dividing equally. (Can be prepared 2 days ahead. Cover and chill.).
• Preheat oven to 400°F
• Bake potatoes on baking sheet until heated through and beginning to brown, about 25 minutes.
• Spoon 1 tablespoon sour cream atop each potato.
• Sprinkle 1 teaspoon blue cheese over each potato and serve.
• Variation:.
• For a tangy, mellow flavor, try soft fresh goat cheese in place of the blue cheese.
• Do-Ahead:.
• Note that these potatoes keep for two days in the refrigerator.