Skinny Dippers (baked Potato Skins For Dipping)

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• 6 potatoes
• 2 ounces butter, melted
• coarse salt
• 6 -8 cloves garlic, finely minced
• 4 teaspoons dijon mustard
• 2 egg yolks, slightly beaten
• 4 ounces vegetable oil
• 4 ounces olive oil
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• salt and pepper or lemon pepper

Recipe

• 1 ----tomake garlic dip----.
• 2 in a small bowl, combine the garlic, mustard, and egg yolks and stir until well blended.
• 3 combine the vegetable and olive oils and slowly add the oils, a drop at a time at first, beating constantly.
• 4 as the mixture begins to thicken, add oil a little faster and beat until the mixture is smooth.
• 5 add the lemon juice, salt and pepper.
• 6 ----tomake potato skins----.
• 7 scrub potatoes and pat dry.
• 8 pierce in several places with fork.
• 9 bake potatoes at 375f to 400f for about 45 to 60 minutes or until tender.
• 10 cool slightly and then cut in half.
• 11 scoop out flesh leaving in 1/8” to ¼“ inch thick shell.
• 12 (keep the potato flesh for recipes calling for mashed potatoes).
• 13 turn oven up to 500f.
• 14 using a kitchen shears or very sharp vegetable knife, cut the shells in half and then in half again giving you 8 sections for each potato.
• 15 brush both sides of skins with melted butter and sprinkle with coarse salt.
• 16 place on a baking sheet.
• 17 bake about 10 to 12 minutes or until crisp.
• 18 serve with garlic dip.