Cheese and Bacon Stuffed Double Baked Potatoes

Ingredients

• 3 to 4 large baking potatoes
• vegetable oil
• 1 cup crumbled blue cheese
• 1/2 cup milk or cream
• 4 tablespoons butter
• Salt and freshly-ground pepper, to taste
• A grating of fresh nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon parsley flakes
• 4 slices bacon, fried crisp and crumbled
• 1/4 cup chopped green onions
• 1/4 cup cheddar cheese
• *Optional sour cream

Directions

1. Preheat the overn to 400 degrees F.
2. Coat the potatoes with vegetable oil and bake until done.
3. Test by gently squeezing. If they yield a little, they are done. Remove the potatoes from the oven and slice in half lengthwise. Allow to cool enough to handle.
4. Using a spoon, scoop the potato out of the skins, leaving a potato shell about 1/4 inch thick. Place the potato flesh in a bowl and mash coarsely with a fork. Add the blue cheese, milk, butter, salt, pepper and nutmeg, parsley flakes and stir to combine. Mound the mixture into the potato skins.
5. Sprinkle a little grated cheddar cheese and bacon on the potatoes, put back into the oven for 5 minutes to reheat and serve with chopped green onions and sourcream.
6. Serves 6 to 8