Blt Stuffed Tomatoes

From Family Circle.

• Ready In: 25 mins
• Serves: 8

Ingredients

• 8  medium  size ripe tomatoes
• 1⁄2 lb  sliced bacon
• 4  ounces  wedge iceberg lettuce (about 1/4 of head)
• 1⁄4 cup  shredded cheddar cheese
• 3  tablespoons mayonnaise
• 1⁄2 teaspoon white vinegar
• 1⁄8 teaspoon  Old Bay Seasoning
• 1  dash  liquid hot pepper sauce

Directions

1. With a serrated steak knife, slice tops off tomatoes and reserve tops.
2. Using a small spoon, scoop out flesh and seeds from centers, reserving about 1/2 cup flesh. Rinse out tomato shells; let dry upside down on paper towel. Chop reserved tomato flesh.
3. In a large skillet over medium-high heat, cook bacon until crisp, about 5 minutes. Transfer to paper towel to drain.
4. Thinly slice iceberg wedge into fine shreds; chop if long strands of lettuce remain. Transfer lettuce to a medium-sized bowl. Stir in reserved chopped tomato flesh. Add the shredded cheddar cheese, mayonnaise, vinegar, Old Bay seasoning and hot-pepper sauce; stir until well blended.
5. Crumble the cooked bacon into bite-size pieces. Stir the bacon into the lettuce mixture. Place tomatoes upright on platter. Spoon filling into tomatoes, mounding slightly. Replace tomato tops. Serve the stuffed tomatoes immediately.