Ingredients:8 good sized potatoes
1/4 c. sour cream
milk or cream, or both
bacon, cooked and crumbled
Chives or Scallions
2/3 c. cheese, grated, plus more for the tops (recommend cheddar/mozzarella mix)
Directions:
Bake the potatoes in the oven until tender, wrapping some in foil. Get a baking sheet out.Throw the baked potatoes that were wrapped in foil into your kitchen aid or other mixing bowl. Once the rest of the potatoes are cooled enough to touch, cut them in half, lengthwise. Carefully scoop out the inside of the potato, adding it to the others, and you should be left with a nice, clean empty skin to fill with the potato mixture later.
Once each potato has been cleaned out, start mixing to break up the potatoes, add in the cream / milk and sour cream. Give it another quick stir. Add in the bacon pieces, chives, cheese, some salt and pepper to taste. Mix it through, adding in more sour cream or milk until you reach a nice thick consistency. It needs to be smooth and mixed through, but at the same time thick enough that it can hold it's self up in the potato shell.
Fill each shell with the mixture and top with more cheese. Bake at 375 degrees 10-15 minutes, or until the cheese is melted and bubbly and browned on top.
