I tell you 2 time! baked potatoes

When Sydney was learning to talk, in the midst of a very frustrating conversation to Newt, she said- "I tell you one time, I tell you two times!" 

That phrase is makes a common appearance in our house now. 

I'll admit baked potatoes can kind of be high maintenance... but I like them for these following reasons

1. they are easy, (even though they take a while) and very hard to screw up

2. fancy enough for guests (and hard to screw up so you'll have confidence in your meal)

3. VERY yummy leftovers (so I always make extras. They don't get that funny aftertaste meat gets)

4 Large Potatoes

~1 cup of real bacon bits, or bacon

1 cup sour cream

1/2 cup milk

4 Tbs butter

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp pepper

11/2 c shredded cheddar cheese

a few green onions sliced

Preheat oven to 400, bake potatoes for 1 hour or until done.

 **I REALLY recommend rubbing your potatoes with a little olive oil and course sea salt...big ol chunks of salt on crispy potato skins after.

if your cooking bacon, do it now. crumble and set aside.

When potatoes are done allow to cool a little....if they cool all the way you will get a texture that is more like glue when mixing. While it will look funny it will still taste good.

slice in half lengthwise and scoop into large bowl. Save skins. (make sure you keep a small lining of the potato against the lining to the skins will still hold their shape.)

in the large bowl with potatoes whip milk and butter with mixer then stir in sour cream, salt and pepper. 1/2 cheese, and 1/2 the onions, and 1/2 the bacon. Mix until well blended and creamy. Spoon  mixture into skins.

Top with remaining ingredients.

bake for another 15 minutes or until cheese on top is melted.