Eggs Baked in Potatoes

Dienia B.'s Note:

From Hungarian American Cooking 1938, Rosa Green. I haven't made these yet but they sound great. Cooking and prep time are a guess.

• Total Time: 2 hrs
• Prep Time: 30 mins
• Cook Time: 1 hrs 30 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 6 large potatoes
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 1/4 cup milk, hot
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 6 eggs
• 1/2 cup cheese, shredded

Directions:

1. Bake the potatoes.
2. Scoop out the pulp, after cutting a thin slice from the length of the potato.
3. Mash pulp to a creamy fluff with butter, hot milk, salt and pepper.
4. Fill potato shells, leaving a dent in the middle of each to hold a raw egg.
5. Break 1 or 2 eggs into each potato.
6. Cover with cheese.
7. Bake at 400°F for 10 minutes until the egg is firm and cheese is browned.

Reviews

[Zwerg]

Make potatoes ahead of time for camping, wrap potatoes top side up in foil, refridgerate till ready to use. At camp fire open top of foil, add eggs & cheese. Cook on a grate over the hot coals till eggs are cooked and cheese is melted. Great Stuff!!!!!

[loof]

Loved this recipe, tasty, inexpensive and filling. I used monterrey jack and mixed a little of the cheese into the potato as well before I stuffed it back into the shell. For some reason it took my egg about 25 minutes to cook enough. Enjoyed this great quick dinner - thanks for sharing the recipe!

[Auntie Jan]

This is an awesome quick dinner meal. I like eggs for dinner sometimes but this took 1 step higher. I scrambled my egg just a bit before putting in the potato and with the cheese added to it,yummmy. This is definately a keeper. Thanks for the great recipe!!!