Pizza Stuffed Potatoes Twice Baked Recipes

PIZZA TWICE BAKED POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
• Rub the potatoes with olive oil and then salt.
• Using a fork, poke a few holes in the potatoes.
• Place the potatoes on a baking sheet and bake for about 60 minutes. *Test the potatoes part way through cooking. Large potatoes will take longer to bake, small potatoes will take less time.
• Use a sharp knife to cut the top part off of each potato.
• Scoop out the potato pulp from each potato, being careful to leave the skin in tact. *Also be careful that the potatoes will be very hot if they are taken right from the oven.
• Place the potato pulp in in a medium size bowl.
• Add the all of the shredded mozzarella (reserving 3/4 cup for topping), parmesan cheese (reserving 3 tablespoons for topping) pepperoni (reserving 3 tablespoons for topping), salt, Italian seasoning and garlic powder. Mix well.
• Spoon the cheesy potato mixture back into each potato. (If there is any extra potato mixture, bake it in a small greased pan.)
• Top with the reserved mozzarella and pepperoni, then sprinkle with reserved Parmesan.
• Reduce the oven temperature to 350 degrees Fahreheit and bake for 15 minutes.
• Set the oven to low broil and allow the cheese to brown for 2-3 minutes. Watch this closely!

PIZZA STUFFED POTATOES (TWICE BAKED)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450°F
• Clean potatoes and pierce with a fork.
• Bake 45 minutes.
• Chill on counter for 20 minutes.
• Cut potatoes in half and scoop out flesh, leaving 1/4in thick shell with skin.
• Set flesh aside.
• Chop 1/4 of pepperoni.
• Cut remaining pepperoni slices in half, set aside.
• In a med bowl, mash together potato flesh, sour cream, salt and pepper.
• Stir in chopped pepperoni.
• Spoon mixture back into shells evenly and arrange on a baking sheet.
• Top with pizza sauce, mushrooms, green pepper slices, remaining pepperoni, mozzarella and parmesan.
• Bake until heated through, about 15 minutes.

PIZZA STUFFED BAKED POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Scrub the potatoes well and pierce with a fork. Rub the potatoes with oil. Bake 1 hour or until tender. Allow to cool enough to handle.
• Cut the top 1/4 off the potato and scoop out some of the potato.
• Heat the broiler.
• Combine the Italian seasoning and pizza sauce and divide among potatoes. Top with desired toppings. Sprinkle each potato with 1/4 cup of cheese.
• Place the potatoes under the broiler and melt the cheese.

TWICE BAKED POTATOES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. Gently scrub potatoes, but do not peel. Pierce potatoes several times with a fork to allow steam to escape while potatoes bake.
• Bake 1 hour to 1 hour 15 minutes or until potatoes are tender when pierced in center with a fork.
• When potatoes are cool enough to handle, cut lengthwise in half; scoop out inside, leaving a thin shell. In medium bowl, mash potatoes with potato masher or electric mixer on low speed until no lumps remain. Add milk in small amounts, beating after each addition with potato masher or electric mixer on low speed (amount of milk needed to make potatoes smooth and fluffy depends on kind of potatoes used).
• Add butter, salt and pepper; beat vigorously until potatoes are light and fluffy. Stir in cheese and chives. Fill potato shells with mashed potato mixture. Place on ungreased cookie sheet.
• Increase oven temperature to 400°F. Bake about 20 minutes or until hot.