Twice Baked Potatoes - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 baking potatoes, scrubbed and dried
1 tsp. oil
1/2 tsp. salt
2 Tbsp. snipped chives
1/2 tsp. black pepper
1/2 c. sour cream
1 c. (4 oz.) grated cheese
2 Tbsp. unsalted butter, softened at room temperature
6 strips crisp bacon, crumbled

Preparation

Preheat oven to 425\u00b0.
With fork, pierce each potato.
Rub potatoes with oil.
Sprinkle with 1/8 teaspoon salt.
Bake 1 hour. Reduce oven to 350\u00b0 (can be microwaved).
Remove potatoes from oven; with knife, cut an X in top of each, then cool enough to handle.
Fold back skin where X was cut.
With spoon, carefully scoop out the potato into a large bowl, leaving enough flesh to make a potato shell.
With potato masher, mash potatoes.
Add 1 teaspoon chives to mixture.
Add remaining salt, pepper, sour cream, 1/2 cup cheese and butter; mix well.
Stuff each potato shell with mixture.
Sprinkle with remaining cheese and bacon. Place potatoes on baking sheet.
Bake 20 minutes or less.
Sprinkle with remaining chives.