These Twice Baked Potatoes are seriously the BEST potato recipe you will ever taste! I am constantly getting requests for my twice baked potatoes with cream cheese – everyone tells me they taste just like fancy catering baked potato recipes! Plus this is an  easy potato recipe to make ahead and the perfect side dish to just about anything. they look picture perfect every time, and they taste so creamy and flavorful! We love to eat these at Christmas, Thanksgiving, Easter, and other special occasions when we have guests over for a meal.
Twice Baked Potatoes
Twice baked potatoes with cream cheese
Start off by washing, scrubbing, and piercing your potatoes with a fork. Then cook potatoes at 375 F for 1 and 1/4 hour.
NOTE: You are welcome to microwave them for 20 minutes instead if you need to speed it up!
Fancy twice baked potatoes
Once potatoes have cooked and cooled slightly, use a spoon to scoop out the inside of each of the potatoes and reserve. They will look like little potato boats!
Make ahead baked potatoes
Mix the reserved potato insides with cream cheese, sour cream, cheddar cheese, butter, and salt & pepper.
Make ahead twice baked potatoes
Carefully spoon the mashed potato mixture back into your potato boats.
I like to top with oregano and cooked, crumbed bacon – YUM!
Bake in a 9×13 pan or baking sheet for 45 minutes at 350-375 F or until heated thoroughly. The reason I have a range of oven temperatures is these are super easy going and just need to be heated. So make the oven whatever temperature you need to cook your other dishes!
These are seriously AMAZING! Your guests will be wowed by the beautiful look and amazing flavor. I’ve been told many times these taste better than twice baked potatoes people have had at fancy restaurants.
These are easy to make, perfect for making ahead, and taste AMAZING!
We like to serve these at Christmas and Easter with ham, but they go great with turkey, steak, and chicken too!
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- Amazing Bread Machine Cinnamon Rolls
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Soup Recipes
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- Seriously the Best, Make Ahead Twice Baked Potatoes
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Desserts
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- You don’t need a fancy ice cream maker; here is how to make ice cream in a bag
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- If you’ve never tried our melt in your mouth sugar cookies, you are missing out!
- Whip up a batch of this carmel chex mix for your next game night or potluck!
- These snicker cookies are so decadent with a delightful melty middle!
- This soft Gingerbread Man Recipe for kids is my most requested for every cookie swap!
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- Or make these classic Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
- So good their gone, easy homemade brownies recipe
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- Mom’s Homemade Apple Pie
Appetizers
- Pepperoni Cheeseball Game Day Appetizers
- My famous pineapple cream cheese dip
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- Grab your veggies, they are going to want to take a dunk in this Southwestern Dip
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- Quick Pineapple Salsa made from scratch
- Sweet and Sour Bacon and Water Chestnut Appetizer
- Go to Peanut Butter Dip for Apples
- It wouldn’t be Christmas without serving up this family traditional Wassail Recipe
Breads and Side Dishes
- Super Moist Southern Cornbread recipe with creamed corn
- Easy Bread Machine Hamurger Buns
- Super Yummy Quick Yeast Rolls
- Rosemary Crock pot Bread
- Sweet Potato Sourdough Buns
- Delicious Yeastless Bread – quick bread recipe no yeast
PERFECT Twice Baked Potatoes
Ingredients
- 8 medium potatoes
- 16 ounce cream cheese
- 8 ounces sour cream
- 1 cup cheddar cheese, shredded
- 4 tablespoons butter, softened
- dash salt & pepper
- 8 slices bacon, cooked & crumbled
Instructions
- Wash, scrub, prick with fork, and bake potatoes at 375 F for 1 hour - 1 1/4 hour. Allow to cool to the touch. Scoop out the insides of the potatoes and put in a bowl. Mix the cream cheese, sour cream, cheese, butter, salt and pepper together until creamy. Spoon back into potato mangers (should be heaping over top a little). Top with cooked baton and oregano.
- You can cook right away, or cover and store in the fridge for up to 4-5 days. When ready to cook cook at 350-375 F (whatever your other dishes need to cook at) for 45 minutes or so. Until heated thoroughly and inside looks melty and yummy!