Hearty Cheese Stuffed Potatoes Recipes

HEARTY CHEESE POTATOES

Steps:

• Melt butter in a saucepan; add flour, salt and pepper. Cook over low heat, stirring until mixture is smooth and bubbly. Add milk all at once; cook and stir over medium heat until thickened and bubbly. Cook and stir 1 minute more. Remove from the heat. Add cheese and stir until melted. Place potatoes in a large bowl; gently stir in cheese sauce. Transfer to a greased 2-1/2-qt. baking dish. Sprinkle with paprika. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 30 minutes or until heated through.

CHEESE-STUFFED BAKED POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
• Set the potatoes directly on the rack in the center of the oven and bake until easily pierced with a fork, about 1 hour. Remove from the oven and turn the heat down to 400 degrees F. Cut a slit in the top of the potatoes and carefully scoop out the flesh into a bowl, leaving the shells intact. Mash the potato lightly with a fork. Add the butter, sour cream, and 1/3 cup of the cheese, and salt and pepper to taste. Refill the shells with the potato mixture mounding it slightly.
• Set the potatoes on a baking sheet, and bake until heated through, about 15 to 20 minutes. Sprinkle the tops with the remaining cheese and bake until melted, about 5 minutes. Serve immediately.

CHEESE-STUFFED POTATOES

Steps:

• Bake potatoes at 425° for 45 minutes or until tender. Remove from oven; reduce temperature to 350°. Cut each potato in half horizontally; leaving a thin shell, carefully scoop pulp into a bowl. Set potato skins aside. , To the pulp, add sour cream, Parmesan cheese, bacon, onion and horseradish. Mix with a fork until combined but not mashed. Add salt and pepper. Fill potato skins. Top each potato with 1 teaspoon butter and sprinkle with cheese. Place in a shallow baking dish. Bake at 350° until heated through, about 20 minutes.

HAM AND CHEESE STUFFED POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Wash and pat dry potatoes.
• Rub each potato with shortening.
• Prick potatoes several times with fork.
• Bake for 1 hour at 375 degrees.
• Cut in half, and scoop out inside leaving shell, and place on a cookie sheet.
• In a large bowl, beat potatoes for 1 minute.
• Add butter,onion,eggs, and pepper.
• Continue until smooth and fluffy.
• Fold in 1 cup of cheese and 1/2 cup of ham, fill potato shells with mixture.
• Top with remaining 1/2 cup of cheese , and 1/2 cup of ham.
• Sprinkle with paprika.
• Bake at 375 degrees for 15-20 minutes or until potatoes are throughly heated, and cheese is melted.

HAM & CHEESE STUFFED POTATOES

Steps:

• Scrub and pierce potatoes. Bake at 375° for 1 hour or until tender. When cool enough to handle, cut a thin slice off the top of each potato and discard. Scoop out the pulp, leaving a thin shell., In a large skillet, saute the ham, onion, celery and red pepper in oil until vegetables are tender. Set aside. In a large bowl, mash the pulp with cream cheese, cottage cheese, salt and pepper. Stir in the ham mixture, cheddar cheese, Swiss cheese, milk and Parmesan cheese. Spoon into potato shells., Place on a baking sheet. Bake, uncovered, at 375° for 25-30 minutes or until heated through. Sprinkle with basil.