BAKED HIPPO POTATOES

Baked potatoes that look like hippos. Cute.

Category: Side Dish

Cuisine: not set

Ready in 45 minutes
by rotts4me

Ingredients

4 russet potatoes

2 tbs butter

1/3 cup half and half heated

Salt and Pepper

3/4 cup cheddar cheese shredded

8 dried currants

12 slivered almonds toasted

8 baby carrots cut into 16 1/2" legs

2 chives sliced into 1/4" pieces

1 slice American cheese cut into 4 tongues


Directions

Heat oven to 425 degrees. Prick potatoes. Bake on a baking sheet until cooked and soft 1 hour. Cool. Halve potatoes lengthwise at an angle, each has a tall and a short end. Scoop insides, leaving 1/4" border. Mash potato flesh, butter, half and half, salt and pepper. Fold in shredded cheese. Stuff halve the shells with filling. Bake 10 min. *POKE holes in empty shells for hippo's nostrils, eyes, ears and tail. Add currant eyes, almond ears and almond tail. Top each filled shell with an empty one. Place each potato on 4 pieces of carrot for hippo's legs. Add chive teeth and cheese tongue. SERVE & ENJOY

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