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Cheesy Mashed Potato Puffs

Total Time
47 min
20m prep · 27m cook
Servings
4 people
Rating
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Difficulty
Medium
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🌾 Gluten-Free 🥜 Nut-Free

These cheesy mashed potato puffs elevate mashed potato leftovers to a new level in this delicious, very easy appetizer. Cheddar cheese, bacon, chives, and green onion make them resemble tiny loaded baked potatoes, with sour cream on the side for dipping.

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Ingredients

  • cooking spray
  • 2 cups mashed potatoes
  • 3 large eggs
  • 0.5 cups sharp Cheddar cheese
  • 0.5 cups Cheddar cheese
  • 2 greens onions
  • 1 teaspoon dried chives
  • 2 slices bacon
  • 0.5 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
  • sour cream

Instructions

  1. 1

    Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Spray a standard muffin tin liberally with cooking spray.

  2. 2

    Reserve 2 tablespoons shredded Cheddar and 2 tablespoons white Cheddar for topping. Stir mashed potatoes, remaining Cheddar cheese, remaining white Cheddar cheese, eggs, and onion together in a bowl. Season with salt and pepper. Fold in dried chives, Parmesan cheese and bacon.

  3. 3

    Divide mixture evenly into 12 muffin cups. Sprinkle reserved cheese evenly on top.

  4. 4

    Bake until golden brown, about 15 minutes. Remove from the oven; let stand for 5 minutes.

  5. 5

    Using a dinner knife, gently run around each puff and remove carefully. Serve immediately with sour cream.

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