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Baked Potatoes
Ingredients
- 4 Idaho Potatoes
- Olive oil or Vegetable Oil
- Butter
- Sour Cream
- Chives or Chopped Green Onions
Instructions
- Pre-heat the oven to 425 degrees.
- Wash the potatoes and pat dry.
- Place on a baking tray lined with aluminum foil.
- Using a fork poke some holes into the top and bottom sides of the potatoes.
- Brush the skin with either vegetable oil or olive oil.
- Then brush some melted butter onto the skin.
- Place in the oven .
- Bake for 30 minutes then take the potatoes out of the oven and turn them over.
- Bake for another 30 minutes and take the potatoes out and turn them over once again. The potatoes have now been cooking for a total time of 60 minutes. This time stick a fork into them and if they are not yet soft return them to the oven and bake for 20 minutes more.
- After the 20 minutes flip them over for the last time and turn off the stove.
- Let the potatoes sit in the oven for 30 minutes with the oven turned off and the door closed.
- Then take the potatoes out and cut a slit down the center of them.
- Cut around the slit to make an opening on the top of the potatoes.
- And using a fork fluff the insides of the potatoes.
- Top them with butter, sour cream and chives or green onions.
- You can also add some shredded cheese or bits of bacon.