LET’S GET COOKING
To make this CBD recipe, preheat your oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Wash and dry your potatoes well. Using a fork, poke them several times and then rub them with light olive oil, salt and fresh cracked pepper. Pop them in the oven for about an hour, and then allow them to cool 20-30 minutes. It makes handling the potatoes much easier.
Keep the oven on, increasing it to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
When the potatoes have cooled, cut them in half and spoon the insides into a medium bowl. I recommend leaving a thin layer of potato inside the skin so that it’s supported and keeps it’s natural shape. Rub the now-hollow skins with more olive oil. I also like to cover the tops and bottoms of each potato skin with Parmesan. Set them aside.
Returning to the medium bowl, smash the potato insides with a fork until all the big lumps are gone. Add any and all of your preferred toppings. I typically use cheddar cheese, garlic powder, butter, half and half. sour cream, chopped bacon, chives, and salt and pepper to taste. Now it’s time for the CBD oil. To make 8 twice-baked potatoes, drop about 80 milligrams of unflavored CBD oil into the mixture. This will yield roughly 10 milligrams for each potato. If you’re making less or more than 8, just multiply the number of potatoes by 10 — that’s how many milligrams of CBD oil to add. Math, folks. It’s all a part of the process.
Spoon the mixture back into the potato skins, filling them twice as high as the sides of the skins (it’s what’s inside that counts). Sprinkle the potatoes with any extra toppings that sound good to you. Place them back in the oven (now 400 degrees Fahrenheit) for another 20-30 minutes, pulling them out when the potato insides and toppings are melted and just starting to brown.
Garnish with chives or green onions and serve! Keep in mind that you can customize your CBD twice baked potatoes however you or your honorary guests would like Consider adding leftover pulled pork, chopped chicken or broccoli for a full meal.
- 8 medium russet potatoes
- 3 tablespoons light olive oil (plus a little extra for the Parmesan cheese on the skin)
- 1 teaspoon salt
- Fresh cracked black pepper, to taste
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 2 cups cheddar cheese (extra for topping)
- 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese
- 1-1/2 cups sour cream
- 1/4 cup half and half or whole milk
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 80 milligrams unflavored CBD oil -- 10 milligrams for each potato
- 4-6 slices cooked bacon, chopped (optional)
- 2 tablespoons chives or green onions (optional)
Instructions
- Wash and dry potatoes well. Poke them with a fork in several places. Rub potatoes with the light olive oil, salt and fresh cracked pepper.
- Bake potatoes for about an hour at 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Let the potatoes cool 20 to 30 minutes, until they can easily be handled.
- Cut potatoes in half and scoop out most of the insides, leaving a thin layer to hold the potato up nicely.
- In a medium bowl, smash potato insides with a fork until there are no more big lumps.
- Rub the skins with some more olive oil, then cover with Parmesan over the tops and bottoms of each potato skin. Set aside.
- Add cheddar cheese, garlic powder, butter, half and half and sour cream to the smashed potatoes.
- Add chopped bacon, chives, CBD oil, and salt and pepper, to taste. Mix well.
- Spoon the mixture back into potato skins and fill them twice as high as the sides of the skins. Sprinkle potatoes with extra cheddar cheese and bacon if you’ve got it.
- Bake at 400 degrees Fahrenheit for 20 to 30 more minutes.
- Sprinkle with chives or green onions and serve.
Notes
You can make these with leftover baked potatoes if you have them and even add some funky stuff like leftover pulled pork, chopped chicken or broccoli for a full meal.
I like to put the potatoes onto a sheet pan with parchment paper and write on it which potatoes have the CBD to make it easy to keep track if I am waiting to serve them until later
