Baked Potato Pie Plus
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Serves:
-
6
ingredients
- 3 medium baking potatoes, baked or microwaved,but baked is better
- 1⁄4 cup chopped green onions, tops only or 1/4 cup chives
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 1⁄4 cup bacon bits or 2 -3 tablespoons packaged bacon bits (bacon fried crisp and crumbled is best of course)
- 1⁄2 cup sharp cheddar cheese
- 1⁄2 cup sour cream (light is fine)
- salt and pepper
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For Appetizers
- 2 tablespoons melted butter
- Tabasco sauce
- salt
directions
- Cut the baked potatoes in half lengthwise.
- Scoop out carefully, leaving potato shells thin and intact- set aside for appetizers, below.
- Mash the scooped-out potatoes with a potato masher, adding the butter, sour cream and green onions.
- Season well with salt and pepper.
- Spray a 9" glass pie plate with cooking spray and spread baked potato mixture in the plate.
- Top with the grated cheddar, and bake 15 minutes at 350.
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FOR THE APPETIZERS:
- Brush the insides of the empty potato shells with the melted butter.
- Sprinkle each one with a dash of Tabasco and salt.
- Cut the potatoes into 1" strips, and place on cookie sheet.
- Bake at 450 for about 15 minutes or until crisp.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
lorenlou
Sugar Land, Texas
I live in Sugar Land, Texas. I love to try new recipes. My husband jokes that if he likes something, I never make it again for 6 months! My children are very picky, but do have their favorites that I try to include in our menu more often than every 6 months.