I love potatoes. I especially loved them twice baked. Whenever my dad makes a family steak dinner, he serves his steaks with twice baked potatoes. I decided to recreate his recipe

This potato uses simple ingredients but is packed with tons of delicious flavors. The potato is loaded with bacon, cheese, and green onions. You can serve this as a side dish or eat it as a meal on its own.  If you have left overs, even better the next day!  There are no precise  measurements for this recipe, since this is all according to your taste.

My measurements below are just estimations which you can work with and decrease or build from there.

Ingredients:

• Canola Oil
• 3 larged sized russet potatoes
• 3 long strips of pork bacon – 2 strips for potato mixture and the other strip for garnish
• 1/4 cup of sour cream
• 1/8 –  1/4 cup whole milk- depending on the consistency you want.
• 2 tbs of unsalted butter
• Salt and Pepper to taste
• Garlic Powder to taste
• 1/2 cup of Shredded cheddar cheese- about a handful for the potatoes + extra for the topping.
• about 1 tbsp. of sliced Green onions for potato mixture + extra for garnish.
• Light dust of paprika to top each potato slice

Directions:

1. Wash potatoes and pat dry.
2. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
3. With a fork, prick a few holes around the potato on all sides.
4. Rub the skin of the potatoes with canola oil.
5. Bake potatoes for about an hour or until fork tender.
6. Fry your bacon until crispy.
7. Let potatoes cool down before handling.
8. Cut each potato in half length wise.
9. Scoop out the flesh of the potato into a bowl, leaving about 1/8th inch border around the potatoe shell. Do not tear the shell.
10. Lay potato shells down on a baking tray.
11. Add sour cream, salt, pepper, and garlic powder.
12. Mash ingredients together and add milk slowly until you get the creamy consistency you want.
13. Crumble 2 of the bacon slices into the potato mixture.
14. Add the cheddar cheese and green onions.
15. Mix ingredients together.
16. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
17. Evenly distribute and fill the potato shells with the potato mixture.
18. Lightly dust paprika on the tops of the potatoes.
19. Add more cheese on the tops of the potatoes.
20. Bake until cheese has completely melted. This will take about 15 minutes.
21. When potatoes have cooled down a bit, garnish with remaining bacon and green onions.

Enjoy!