Yield: 4 servings
Measure | Ingredient |
---|---|
4 \N | 6 oz baked potatoes |
2 tablespoons | Butter or margarine |
¾ cup | Milk |
1 \N | Egg, slightly beaten |
\N \N | Salt and pepper, to taste |
½ cup | Shredded Cheddar cheese |
\N \N | Paprika |
1. Allow potatoes to stand at room temperature 2 to 3 minutes after baking. 2. Cut a thin slice from the top of each potato., Caution: potato will be hot.
3. With a spoon, remove the potato pulp from each potato, leaving a thin shell.
4. Mash potato pulp with a fork or potato masher.
5. Add butter, milk, egg, salt, pepper and cheese. Whip potato mixture with a rotary beater or electric mixer until light and fluffy.
6. Spoon mixture into shells and sprinkle with paprika.
7. Place potatoes on a paper plate and heat, uncovered, in Microwave Oven 5 minutes.
8. If desired, after cooking in Microwave Oven, potatoes may be placed under
the broiler unit of a conventional oven to brown for a few minutes.
Transfer
from paper plate before browning.