Cheesy Bacon Gruyere Twice Baked Potatoes
These cheesy bacon gruyere twice bake potatoes are the perfect side dish to any meal.
When I was a little girl I loved to go to my grandparents house for Sunday dinners. They lived on lake Michigan, so we would eat great food and then go splash on the beach – it doesn’t get much better than that when you’re a kid.
My grandma was an amazing cook and I especially loved her twice baked potatoes. While the original version has cheddar, parmesan and tomatoes, I’ve probably made them 100 different ways.
Since my grandma passed, my dad has perfected the art of her twice baked potatoes. Lucky for you he has shared his potato making skills with me – although this cheesy bacon version is all my own. I’m stepping it up a bit with gooey gruyere, caramelized shallots, and of course bacon!
I still love the original, but holy moly these are SO good! So good in fact, you’ll notice only 3 potatoes made it in the photos…
the 4th was already in the Mr.’s stomach before I even got my camera out.
These are perfect for entertaining since you can make them up the day before and just pop them in the oven for the 2nd baking.
Try these out the next time you grill a steak or ribs, or use my basic recipe and stuff them with your own combination of ingredients. You really can’t screw this recipe up!
Cheesy Bacon Gruyere Twice Baked Potatoes
Ingredients
- 4 potatoes
- 5 slices of cooked crumbled bacon
- 3/4 C Gruyere cheese
- 2 tbs butter
- 1/2 C sour cream
- 1 large shallot finely diced
- 1 clove of garlic finely diced
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Bake potatoes at 375 for an hour or until cooked completely thru.
- While the potatoes are cooking, sautee the shallot and garlic in the butter until caramelized. Let cool slightly, slice tops off and carefully scoop out the inside of the potato leaving the skin intact.
- In a bowl mix the cooked potato, sour cream, bacon, shallot/garlic mixture, and gruyere. Add salt and pepper to taste.
- Stuff back into the potato skins, top with extra gruyere.
- Bake at 375 for 30 minutes or until melty and delicious.
Did you know I’m addicted to any kind of potato? Add bacon and that really throws me over the edge!
Kelly
It’s amazing as always! Totally trying to lick my screen right now… ;)
These seriously look so amazing Kelly! Like drooling on the keyboard amazing. ;)
Heather
Yummmm!!! These look so good, and who doesn’t love anything smothered in bacon and cheese! Delish!! So fun to meet you at Haven, I came looking for your boys room Jennifer Carrol was boasting about and have enjoyed peeking all around. :)
Yummm! I love everything about these – bacon, gruyere and potatoes?!?! These are going on our meal planning list for next week.
Sounds delicious. I can’t wait to try these. Diana
These look amazing, Kelly! I’m definitely going to try these out before the summer is over! Thanks for sharing, and thanks to your dad for sharing too! ;)
My mum used to make these for special dinners when I was a girl, but I haven’t made them for years. They were a real treat – though not made with Gruyere – I’ll have to give this a try when we grill.