Simple Baked Potato

Description

This recipe for baked potatoes is delicious with steak, meatloaf, or by itself. I never was fan of the potato’s skin until I began making this recipe! These potatoes taste amazing loaded with cheese, sour cream, and/or chives! If you want to get fancy, use this recipe as a base recipe for one of the many potato skin, whipped baked potato, or other more-to-it recipes on here.

Ingredients

  • 4 tablespoons butter
  • 2 teaspoons olive oil
  • 1 ½ teaspoons garlic powder
  • salt and ground black pepper to taste
  • 6 medium potatoes, scrubbed

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
  2. Place butter in a microwave-safe bowl and microwave on high until melted
  3. 20 to 30 seconds. Stir in olive oil
  4. garlic powder
  5. salt
  6. and pepper.
  7. Use a fork to poke about 5 holes into each potato. Place each potato on a sheet of aluminum foil about 6 inches wide. Brush butter mixture over potatoes
  8. making sure to evenly coat each one. Wrap up completely in foil. Poke 5 more holes into the wrapped potatoes.
  9. Bake potatoes in the center of the preheated oven until easily pierced with a fork
  10. about 1 hour. Spread leftover butter mixture over potatoes after cutting them open.

Prep Time: 10 mins

Cook Time: 1 hr

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins

Servings: 6

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