herbed twice-baked potatoes

 

Herbed Twice-Baked Potatoes

• 2 medium baking potatoes
• 1 1/2 oz. cream cheese, cubed
• 1 T. snipped green onions
• 1/4 t. salt
• 1/4 t. dried basil
• dash cayenne pepper
• 3 T. milk
• 1 1/2 t. butter, melted
• dash garlic powder and paprika

Scrub and pierce potatoes.  Bake at 375 degrees for one hour or until they are tender.  Cool for ten minutes, and then cut potatoes in half.  Scoop out the pulp, leaving a thin shell.  Mash the pulp with the cream cheese, onion, salt, basil, and cayenne.  Add milk and 1 1/2 teaspoons of butter; mash.  Spoon back into potato shells.  Sprinkle with garlic powder and paprika and bake for another 15-20 minutes.  Serves 4.