Sunday, March 21, 2010

Twice Baked Potato Mummies

These cute little mummy twice baked potatoes make a spooky compliment to any Halloween meal.

3 (8 or 10 oz.) baking potatoes
12 frozen ready-to-eat Italian style meatballs
1 cup tomato pasta sauce
6 slices mozzarella cheese
12 small pimento-stuffed olives
1 dill pickle, sliced and cut into twelve 1 1/4-inch pieces

Directions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

Wrap individual potatoes in aluminum foil. Bake 1 hour, or until fork tender.
Let stand 10 - 15 minutes.

In a medium saucepan, cook meatballs and pasta sauce over MEDIUM HIGH
heat for 5 - 7 minutes, stir frequently.

Cut each baked potato in half lengthwise. Scoop out the pulp, leaving about
1/4-inch of potato inside the shell. Discard or save pulp for some other use.

Place 2 meatballs inside of each potato shell. Spoon 2 tablespoons of sauce
over meatballs. Place potato halves onto an ungreased 15x10x1-inch
pan.

Cut cheese into 1/4-inch slices. Layer cheese over each potato half in a
criss cross fashion to resemble bandages. Tuck extra cheese inside of shell.

Bake shells 2 minutes, until cheese melts slightly. Arrange two olives at top of potato shell to create eyes and two pickle pieces at the other end to create
feet.

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