Step 1

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.

Step 2

Scrub potatoes and poke several times with a fork.

Step 3

Bake until tender, 45-60 minutes. You can also air fry them if you’d like to.

Step 4

Remove the potatoes from the oven and reduce the heat to 350.

Step 5

When potatoes are cool enough to handle each one in half down the length.

Step 6

Using a spoon, scoop out the pulp and add it to a large bowl. You can throw away the skins or chop them small and throw them in too.

Step 7

Using a fork or hand masher, mash the potatoes with the butter. Stir in the sour cream, milk, salt, and pepper.

Step 8

Save ¼ cup of the bacon mixture for topping but add the rest to the potatoes. Add in 1 cup of cheese and half the green onions and fold gently to combine. Don’t over mix or the potatoes may get gluey.

Step 9

Transfer the potatoes to a lightly greased 11x7 baking dish. Add the remaining bacon, cheese and green onions on top and bake until the cheese melts and everything is heated through 22-27 minutes.