Potato Skins

This is a comfort food for me !!  It's fairly easy & reminds me of appetizers at restaurants in the States.  We make it as a dinner meal around our house.

Ingredients:

8 potatoes, scrubbed clean

4 Tablespoons of oil

Salt to Taste

2 Tablespoons of Butter, melted

1 1/2 Cups of Cheese (I like to use Mama's Cheddar when I can get it, otherwise I use provolone)

8 slices (or more) of bacon, fried and chopped

1 small onion, chopped

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Put the whole potatoes on a cookie sheet and brush them with a good coating of oil.  Sprinkle them with salt & bake them for 35 to 45 minutes, until the potatoes are tender and the skin is starting to crisp. 

When the potatoes are done, slice them potato in half lengthwise.  Then use a spoon to scoop out the middle of each potato - making sure to leave a rim around the edge of each half.  Scoop out the insides.  You can store them in a plastic container in the fridge for another use (like potato salad??).  Raise the oven temperature to 425 degrees.  Brush the skins on the inside with the melted butter, then put them back in the oven for 3 minutes.  After that, use tongs to turn the skins to the other side.  Brush that side with more butter and return the skins to the oven until crisp, 3-4 minutes.  Remove them from the oven.  Fill the skins with a small amount of cheese and place them in the oven just long enough to melt the cheese.  Sprinkle on the bacon and onions.  Serve immediately!  Enjoy!

Recipe Credit - The Pioneer Woman Cooks - A Year of Holiday's -  Page 36