Potato Skins - Baked

Again, I hated to waste our idaho potatoes going bad so I thought about making this baked potato skins. I found this recipe from recipezaar and by some accident I didn't fully follow the recipe but still it turned out really good. Here goes the recipe.

These baked potato skins are great with grilled burgers. I love them because they are baked and not deep-fried.

Ingredients:

4 medium sized baking potatoes - baked (see baked potatoes recipe), cut in half and with the inside of potato scooped out (You can leave as little or as much potato you like - quarter thick. In our home, we leave a lot of potato)

3 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 tablespoon parmesan cheese - grated

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon garlic powder

1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper

1/8 teaspoon pepper

1 cups Cheddar cheese - shredded

2 tablespoons Bacon bits (or more if you like)

1/4 cup chives - sliced (or yellow onoins)

Directions:

1) Preheat oven to 450 degrees Fahrenheit.

2) Combine vegetable oil, parmesan cheese, salt, garlic powder, and cayenne pepper in a small bowl. Brush all over the potato skins (top and bottom).

3) Lay potatoes upside down (skin on top) for 8 minutes.

4) Top with the cheddar cheese, bacon bits and chives/onions and bake for another 8 minutes or until cheese is melted.