Delicious and Easy Twice Baked Potatoes {You Can Make Ahead}

Make any meal a party with these Easy Twice Baked Potatoes that you can make ahead. They add a twist to the traditional holiday or family meal of mashed potatoes. Make them ahead and load them up with your favorite Loaded Potato Toppings. Come on in and I’ll share the recipe…

Easy Twice Baked Potato that you can make ahead

Twice Baked Potatoes

These twice-baked potatoes would be a great alternative to mashed potatoes that sometimes turn cold while you finish preparing the rest of the meal.

If you are looking for delicious potato recipes then you might like my recipe for Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes, or Scalloped Potatoes with Cheese and Ham

Twice Baked Potatoes Loaded

Pair a twice-baked potato with soup or salad for a nice light dinner.

Make ahead twice baked potato

You can even load them up with all sorts of potato toppings for a hearty side dish or stand-alone meal.

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Can you make Twice Baked Potatoes Ahead of Time?

Absolutely.

  • Do this before the reheating step. Wrap them in foil and freeze for months. Just reheat them for about an hour, or until they are thawed and warm enough to eat. Now, that’s a nice time saver. Top with your favorite toppings
  • Only need a few hours or a few days? Then, just after stuffing the potatoes, transfer them to your baking sheet, place the clear wrap over the potatoes, and place them in the refrigerator.  Give yourself an additional 14 minutes of baking time per the recipe to allow the potatoes to warm through. (45 min. total)

What Goes with Twice-Baked Potatoes?

  • Soup and salad are great ideas for pairing with your Twice Baked Potatoes

How Long Are Leftover Twice-Baked Potatoes Good For?

  • Up to five days in the refrigerator. Up to a couple of months in the freezer.
twice baked potato

Twice Baked Potatoes {You Can Make Ahead}

Delicious and easy to make twice baked potatoes
5 from 1 vote
Print Pin Rate
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 45 minutes
Servings: 4 potatoes
Calories: 672cal
Author: Melissa
Cost: $10

Ingredients

  • 4 large Russet Potatoes
  • ¼ cup Olive Oil
  • ¼ cup Sea Salt
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • ¼ tsp. pepper
  • ½ cup butter unsalted
  • ½ cup sour cream
  • optional toppings: bits of bacon shredded cheese, chives
  • additional topping ideas…chili salsa, more sour cream, steamed broccoli

Instructions

  • Rub each washed potato with olive oil – put some oil on a paper towel to rub on the potato
    Making Easy Twice Baked Potatoes
  • Sprinkle the potato with sea salt
  • Bake the potatoes, on a baking sheet, in a 400-degree oven for an hour or more – until the potatoes are soft when squeezed or pricked with a fork
  • Lower the oven temp to 300 degrees
  • You can wait for the potatoes to cool or use oven mitts while you slice an opening in each potato
    Making Easy Twice Baked Potatoes
  • Scoop out the baked potato, leaving the shell intact
  • Transfer the scooped out potato to a large bowl for mashing
    Making Easy Twice Baked Potatoes
  • Add salt, pepper, butter, and sour cream
  • Mash the potato mixture until it is smooth
  • optional – For Ultimate Loaded potatoes – add 1 cup of shredded cheddar cheese and about 1/2 cup of crumbled bacon to the potato mixture before stuffing the potato
  • Fill the shell of the potatoes with the mashed potatoes
    Making Easy Twice Baked Potatoes
  • Pop the potatoes back into the oven to warm through – about 30 minutes

Loading your potato…

  • Immediately after taking them out of the oven, while the potatoes are still hot…
  • add toppings like shredded cheese, bacon bits, and chives
  • or, set bowls of toppings out for your guests to load their own with their favorite toppings
  • Making these Twice Baked Potatoes Ahead…
  • If you want to, you can stuff the potatoes, and freeze them for a later date. Do this before the reheating step. Wrap them in foil and freeze for months. Just reheat them for about an hour, or until they are thawed and warm enough to eat. Now, that’s a nice time saver
  • Only need a few hours or a few days? Then, just after stuffing the potatoes, transfer them to your baking sheet, place clear wrap over the potatoes and place them in the refrigerator.  Give yourself an additional 14 minutes of baking time per the recipe to allow the potatoes to warm through. (45 min. total)

Notes

nutrition facts are only an estimate
 

Nutrition

Calories: 672cal | Carbohydrates: 68g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 42g | Saturated Fat: 19g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 17g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 78mg | Sodium: 7761mg | Potassium: 1587mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 894IU | Vitamin C: 21mg | Calcium: 90mg | Iron: 3mg
twice baked potato

Twice Baked Potatoes {You Can Make Ahead}

Delicious and easy to make twice baked potatoes
5 from 1 vote
Print Pin Rate
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 45 minutes
Servings: 4 potatoes
Calories: 672cal
Author: Melissa
Cost: $10

Ingredients

  • 4 large Russet Potatoes
  • ¼ cup Olive Oil
  • ¼ cup Sea Salt
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • ¼ tsp. pepper
  • ½ cup butter unsalted
  • ½ cup sour cream
  • optional toppings: bits of bacon shredded cheese, chives
  • additional topping ideas...chili salsa, more sour cream, steamed broccoli

Instructions

  • Rub each washed potato with olive oil - put some oil on a paper towel to rub on the potato
    Making Easy Twice Baked Potatoes
  • Sprinkle the potato with sea salt
  • Bake the potatoes, on a baking sheet, in a 400-degree oven for an hour or more - until the potatoes are soft when squeezed or pricked with a fork
  • Lower the oven temp to 300 degrees
  • You can wait for the potatoes to cool or use oven mitts while you slice an opening in each potato
    Making Easy Twice Baked Potatoes
  • Scoop out the baked potato, leaving the shell intact
  • Transfer the scooped out potato to a large bowl for mashing
    Making Easy Twice Baked Potatoes
  • Add salt, pepper, butter, and sour cream
  • Mash the potato mixture until it is smooth
  • optional - For Ultimate Loaded potatoes - add 1 cup of shredded cheddar cheese and about 1/2 cup of crumbled bacon to the potato mixture before stuffing the potato
  • Fill the shell of the potatoes with the mashed potatoes
    Making Easy Twice Baked Potatoes
  • Pop the potatoes back into the oven to warm through - about 30 minutes

Loading your potato...

  • Immediately after taking them out of the oven, while the potatoes are still hot...
  • add toppings like shredded cheese, bacon bits, and chives
  • or, set bowls of toppings out for your guests to load their own with their favorite toppings
  • Making these Twice Baked Potatoes Ahead...
  • If you want to, you can stuff the potatoes, and freeze them for a later date. Do this before the reheating step. Wrap them in foil and freeze for months. Just reheat them for about an hour, or until they are thawed and warm enough to eat. Now, that's a nice time saver
  • Only need a few hours or a few days? Then, just after stuffing the potatoes, transfer them to your baking sheet, place clear wrap over the potatoes and place them in the refrigerator.  Give yourself an additional 14 minutes of baking time per the recipe to allow the potatoes to warm through. (45 min. total)

Notes

nutrition facts are only an estimate
 

Nutrition

Calories: 672cal | Carbohydrates: 68g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 42g | Saturated Fat: 19g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 17g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 78mg | Sodium: 7761mg | Potassium: 1587mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 894IU | Vitamin C: 21mg | Calcium: 90mg | Iron: 3mg
Easy Twice Baked Potato

~Melissa – KidFriendlyThingsToDo.com 

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