Potato Boats

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

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 8 large potatoes
• 1/3 cup margarine or 1/3 cup butter
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 2 tablespoons melted butter
• 1/3 cup chives, diced
• cheddar cheese, for topping

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400 degrees f.
• 2 scrub potatoes.
• 3 rub with a little vegetable oil to make skins softer.
• 4 pierce skin with fork to allow steam to escape.
• 5 bake at 400 degrees until tender for about 50 to 60 minutes.
• 6 cool potatoes for 10 minutes.
• 7 cut potato in half and carefully scoop out pulp, leaving shells intact.
• 8 in a large bowl, mash potatoes using a potato masher to remove lumps.
• 9 heat margarine and milk until margarine melts and beat into potatoes.
• 10 beat in sour cream, salt and pepper.
• 11 spoon into potato shells and brush with melted butter.
• 12 top each potato with cheddar cheese and chives.
• 13 place in oven until cheese melts on top.