roasted potato bites

12 potatoes (unpeeled)
1 Tbsp olive or vegetable oil
2 garlic cloves, pressed
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
4 oz. chive and onion cream cheese spread
3 Tbsp. sour cream
other toppings such as cheese, bacon bits, chives....

Preheat oven to 425. cut potatoes in half crosswise. cut a thin slice off bottom of each. carefully scoop out a small amount of pulp from each potato half using a cook corer (a pampered chef gimmic, but you can use a melon baller or a spoon I guess) In a bowl with some kind of lid or a gallon zip lock if you don't have that, combine the garlic, salt and pepper. Add potato halves and toss to coat.

Place potato halves, hollowed side down, on a baking stone. bake 30-32 minutes or until deep golden brown and tender. remove from oven and cool slightly.

Combine cream cheese and sour cream by mixing in another bowl. If you have a cake decorator set or something fancy like that you can pipe the cream cheese mixture into the hollowed out part and it looks really fancy. If you don't have those, you could drop the mixture into the holes with a little scoop of some sort or a melon baller or I guess just a spoon. or maybe an ice cream dipper...? Sprinkle with toppings, if desired. place on serving platter. serve slightly warm.

this is really tasty!! I got this recipe out of a pampered chef book, so they try to sell you all their tools through the recipe. I hope you can make it without them! this would be a good side dish or something good to take to a party.