Pizza Baked Potato Skins

1. Preheat oven to 375°F. Pierce potatoes a few times with a fork and wrap each potato in foil. Put them into the oven to bake for an hour. Remove from oven, unwrap, and allow to cool a bit.
2. Cut the potatoes in half lengthwise. Spoon the centers of each half into a large bowl, leaving some of the potato in the skin to keep the structure. Mix and mash the potato flesh then mix in the cream cheese, Italian seasoning, salt, and shredded cheese, making sure there are no big chunks of potato left.
3. Increase the oven heat to 475°F. Line a baking sheet lined with foil then spray with cooking spray. Combine oil, salt, garlic powder, and pepper in a small bowl then brush it over both sides of the potato skins. Set them onto the prepared baking sheet, cut side down. Bake for 4 minutes then turn them over and bake for 5 minutes more. Remove from oven.
4. Scoop the potato mixture into skins (if you pat the mixture into the skin so that it’s a bit indented like a shallow bowl, the sauce will sit on top easily). Spoon 3 tablespoons each of sauce and mozzarella cheese on top, and layer pepperoni slices on top of cheese. Lower heat to 375 F and bake potatoes for 20 minutes. Top with additional Parmesan cheese if desired. Serve.