Twice Baked Potatoes

These tasty potatoes make a frequent appearance our dinner table. I've been making these for years thanks to a friend of mine who introduced to me to this recipe. I love making them because lets be honest twice baked potatoes are needy, they take time to make and who wants to spend all that time preparing these for one meal. Well here is what I do, when its time to make these I make a big batch and I mean big. This way you can do all the work one time and then freeze a bunch so they are on hand the next time you need something else to go with dinner that night you just want something quick and easy but tastes like comfort!

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Wash the potatoes, then line them up in the oven cook at 350 for an hour. Take them out, let them cool slightly then cut the tops off of them. Scoop out the insides but be careful not to dig to deep or you will get a hole and go right through the skin. Add all the potato to a big bowl, add butter ( according to how you like it, for me I add quite a bit) seasoning salt and pepper to taste. Then I like to use a mixer to make sure everything is combined and the potatoes are nicely mashed. Fill the potato skins back and up nice and full. At this point if you are freezing them lay them in a freezer bag and freeze. If you are cooking them up bake at 350 for 20 min. For some extra flavor before I bake them I had some italian seasoned panko crumbs on top. If you are pulling out a frozen bag let them unthaw and bake at the same time above.

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