STUFFED BAKED POTATOES WITH CHEESE SAUCE

Servings: 1
Ingredients:

4 lg Potatoes
1/2 c  Milk
2 tb Butter or margarine
1/2 ts Salt
1    Egg yolk
-Cheese Sauce
2 tb Butter or margarine
2 tb Flour
1/2 ts Dry mustard
1/4 ts Salt
-Dash Pepper
-Dash cayenne
1 c  Milk
1 c  Grated sharp Cheddar cheese
-(1/4 lb)

1. Preheat oven to 425?crub potatoes; pierce each with a fork.
Place on oven rack; and bake until fork-tender- 50 to 60 minutes. 2.
Remove potatoes from oven. Cool slightly; split in half lengthwise.
Gently scoop out potato, keeping shells intact. Turn potato into a large
bowl. Set 6 shells on a baking pan; discard remaining shells. 3. In
saucepan, heat milk and butter slowly until butter melts-don’t let mixture
boil. 4. With portable electric mixer, beat potato until smooth. Add salt;
gradually beat in warm milk mixture. Add egg yolk, beating well until
mixture is light, fluffy and smooth. Spoon potato mixture into shells,
making a swirl at the top. Return to oven. Bake 10 minutes, or until hot.
5. Meanwhile, make cheese sauce: In small saucepan, slowly heat butter;
remove from heat; stir in flour, mustard, salt, pepper, cayenne and milk
until smooth. 6. Before serving, spoon cheese sauce over top of each
potato. Makes 6 Servings Recipe From: McCall’s, April 1982 Joan Johnson

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