Muenster Stuffed Potatoes

Total Time: 1 hr 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 6 baking potatoes
• 1 cup muenster cheese, coarsely grated and firmly packed
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 10 tablespoons butter, melted, divided
• 1 cup milk, warmed
• salt
• fresh ground black pepper
• 1/2 cup fine dry breadcrumb

Recipe

• 1 scrub the potatoes and bake at 400 degrees for 45-50 minutes, or until done. allow to cool just enough so that you can handle them without injury. cut them in half lengthwise and scoop them out, reserving the shells.
• 2 place potato insides into a bowl and mash or press through a ricer. while still hot, mix in the muenster cheese, garlic and 8 tablespoons (1 stick) melted butter.
• 3 add the milk gradually, stirring briskly, until the potatoes are light and fluffy. season to taste with salt and pepper.
• 4 spoon mixture back into the potato shells. combine bread crumbs with the remaining 2 tablespoons of melted butter, and sprinkle mixture over the tops of the potatoes.
• 5 refrigerate or freeze if desired. to serve, allow them to come to room temperature, then bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes.