Food Fight: Twice Baked Loaded Mashers

When I was in middle school and high school, my mom worked nights at a local Mexican Restaurant. So I got to spend a lot of time with my step-dad, who was a good cook! He used to make these twice baked potatoes, And he finished them off on the BBQ grill! They were so yummy. I like twice baked taters, but in my opinion, they are a lot of work.

So one day I bought all the ingredients for twice baked taters, but made the following instead:

Ingredients:

7 or 8 of your favorite taters cut into chunks
1 package of cream cheese or any soft cheese (herb, garlic, or onion flavor)
1 small sour cream
1 small white onion chopped ( I like to use the end of a green onion, then use the green part as a topping later)
1/2 stick of butter (I use a garlic butter)
1 1/2 cups of your favorite shredded cheese (I use cheddar, but I would like to use pepperjack!!)
bacon or smoked ham, cooked and chopped (the more the merrier)
salt and pepper to taste

Boil potatoes until tender, drain water, put taters back in the pot, or a mixing safe dish.
Add butter, sour cream, soft cheese, onion, salt & pepper and beat with a hand mixer until almost blended.
Add 1 cup of the shredded cheese and almost all of the meat, beat again until blended well. We like them a bit chunky...or rustic I guess :)

Place in an oven proof bowl
Top with remaining shredded cheese, and meat and place under the broiler until bubbly.

Top with green part of the green onion.