Sharing our favorite twice baked potatoes today! Baked potatoes just got better with my Broccoli Cheese Twice Baked Potatoes!
Twice Baked Potatoes
How good are twice baked potatoes?! I haven’t had one in years but had a craving to create my own this week after reading the latest Food Network Magazine. So glad I did, what a treat they were. I made a homemade broccoli and cheese sauce that gets mixed into the mashed potatoes before baking again. Seriously I died. Kick your diet to the curb for a day and indulge in these babies! Let’s take a look at how to make them!
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How To Make Twice Baked Potatoes
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees Pierce potatoes a couple times with a fork and wrap loosely in foil. Bake for 1 hour or until fork tender. Remove and cut off top 1/2 inch across tops. With a knife, cut around borders of potato leaving about 1/4 inch around edges. Spoon out centers and place into a bowl. Transfer to a mixer and add butter, salt, pepper, garlic salt and milk. Beat on low until well combined.
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To prepare sauce, melt butter into a medium saucepan over medium heat. Whisk in flour, salt and pepper. Slowly whisk in broth, continuously stirring until thickened. Add cheese and sour cream, stirring to combine.
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Steam broccoli florets until fork tender, drain then cut into small pieces. Add to cheese sauce.
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Add one cup of cheese sauce to mashed potatoes, mixing to combine then fill potato shells with mashed potatoes. Top with additional shredded cheese and bake for about 20 minutes or until cheese is melted. Garnish with chopped chives if desired. Serve warm.
Cut off about 1/2 inch from the tops.
Take a knife and cut around the border of the potato leaving about 1/2 inch edge. Spoon out the centers and place into a bowl.
Perfect!
Time to get started on the mashed potatoes that will go back into the baked potato shells.
A little butter, salt, pepper, garlic salt and milk. Simple.
Homemade Broccoli Cheese Sauce
For the love of this broccoli cheese sauce. No words…other than use the leftovers as a soup!
I added 1 cup of the broccoli cheese sauce to the mashed potatoes then scooped it all back to the baked potato shells.
Oh yah 🙂
Best Twice Baked Potatoes
Top with cheese please and bake. You’re welcome 🙂
Broccoli Cheese Twice Baked Potatoes
Ingredients
- 4 large Russet potatoes
- 1/2 stick unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic salt
Broccoli & Cheese Sauce
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup all purpose Gold Medal Flour
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 2 cups vegetable or chicken broth reduced sodium
- 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- 10 ounce bag broccoli florets
- 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh chives
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Pierce potatoes a couple times with a fork and wrap loosely in foil. Bake for 1 hour or until fork tender.
- Remove and cut off top 1/2 inch across tops. With a knife, cut around borders of potato leaving about 1/4 inch around edges.
- Spoon out centers and place into a bowl. Transfer to a mixer and add butter, salt, pepper, garlic salt and milk. Beat on low until well combined.
- To prepare sauce, melt butter into a medium saucepan over medium heat. Whisk in flour, salt and pepper.
- Slowly whisk in broth, continuously stirring until thickened. Add cheese and sour cream, stirring to combine.
- Steam broccoli florets until fork tender, drain then cut into small pieces. Add to cheese sauce.
- Add one cup of cheese sauce to mashed potatoes, mixing to combine then fill potato shells with mashed potatoes.
- Top with additional shredded cheese and bake for about 20 minutes or until cheese is melted.
- Garnish with chopped chives if desired. Serve warm.
Notes
Nutrition
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Hello! I pinned this a while ago and finally made it tonight. But the potatoes were not done after an hour and 20 minutes, is that normal? And when I scooped out the insides, it was so hard, it didn’t get creamy so the inside had chunks of potatoes, isn’t that right? I never had this problem with potatoes before so maybe I just need to go up in temp. I was just curious if they were supposed to be underdone like that. Thanks!!
Those look so good they are making me hungry, cant wait to make them.
Do I need to do anything to the sauce to make it a soup or eat as is?
We made these for dinner tonight and they were really good!! Thanks for the awesome recipe!! 🙂
Just made these…delicious! And you are absolutely right, the sauce makes an excellent soup! Happy to have the leftovers.
Oh yum!! These look delicious!! I love baked potatoes! So filling and they’re still a veggie, right?! YUM!
SO simple, but SO crave-worthy! Must make this 🙂
Why am I not living inside your mouth?
It states 1 cup of shredded cheese twice in the directions. Is this a misprint, or are there supposed to be 2 seperate cups?
Hi Jade, 1 cup of the cheese is for the cheese sauce and 1 cup is for topping before baking 🙂
Yeas, please. I don’t know why we never makes these at home.
This looks like an amazing treat! Just looking at the photo makes my mouth watery.
What i like the most of is you explained with the pics .And twice baked potato is really yummy.Seems have to write down on my dish book..lol
I love twice baked potatoes! And you can never go wrong with broccoli and cheddar!
Thanks Stephanie!
Oh wow, this looks so wonderful!
I don’t even like potatoes really, but these look fantastic!! Loooove!
Twice baked potatoes freeze great just let them cool down and put them in the freezer before the second bake. I like to make extra since there are so much work and then you have a nice treat when you are in a rush.
This looks soooooo good! Love the cheese 🙂
Your are pure evil genius! As soon as I take a break from my low carb I will be making these! Thank you!!!
Haha! Thanks Lin 🙂
Jenny- these are honestly like my favorite thing ever!! Love twice baked potatoes!
Ahh this is like the best of both worlds!!
Love broccoli and cheese together!
oh my!! Seriously these look insanely delicious!! What an awesome recipe!
Oh my goodness — SERIOUSLY craving these now at 9am! 🙂 They really look awesome Jenny!
I love broccoli and cheese potatoes! Yum!
Can you make these ahead of time?
Yes Kathy 🙂
Oh my gosh. Yes!!
I LOVE these! I have always just had bacon bits and cheese in my twice baked taters. loving that you added some veggies..and color!
Pinned
Jenny these look so good! And thank you for keeping them veg and not doing the customary bacon that most people put on their twice baked potatoes. I would love one of these right now! Pinned