Baked Potato

(from temporaryworlds’s recipe box)

Source: Help! My Apartment Has a Kitchen

Prep time: 2 minutes
Cook time: 60 minutes
Serves 1 people

Categories: potatoes

Ingredients

  • 1 large potato
  • salt
  • black pepper
  • butter
  • soup cream (optional)

Directions

  1. Preheat the over to 400 degrees or 375 degrees.

  2. Scrub the potato to remove any dirt. Then you have three choices:

  3. Pick the potato with a fork, deep enough to break the skin,

  4. Prick the potato and wrap it in aluminum foil.

  5. Stick a metal skewer or cooking nail through the potato.

  6. the potato directly on an oven rack for 1 hour at 400 degrees, or 1.25 hours at 375 degrees. The potato is done when it can be pierced easily with a fork or feels soft ro the touch.

  7. Serve with salt, black pepper, butter and/or sour cream.

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