Baked Potatoes

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Baked Potato Recipe

Baked Potatoes

Course Appetizer
Cuisine American
Servings 4 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.