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Double Cheese & Bacon Potatoes

Recipe Type: Side Dish
 
Ingredients:
  • 1 (12 oz.) package Zeigler Bacon, cooked and crumbled
  • 8 baking potatoes
  • 2 c. mild Cheddar cheese, shredded
  • 2 T. low-fat margarine
  • 1 c. milk
  • 3 green onions, chopped
  • 1 (8 oz.) cream cheese, softened
  • 1 T. salt
  • 1 tsp. Pepper
Directions:

Bake potatoes until they are soft. Brown bacon and crumble; set aside. Cut potatoes in half and scoop pulp out and place in mixing bowl. Add cream cheese and butter. Add salt, pepper, 1 cup cheddar cheese to potato mixture. Add milk gradually. Stir in half of the crumbled bacon and add 2 green onions. Fill each potato skin with mixture and then top with 1 cup cheddar cheese, 1 green onion, and remaining bacon.