What is the best way to make baked potatoes?

Answer 1

omg - I am SO sorry! lol! I don't know how I read the word "mashed" instead of "baked"!!! (I'm a dork!)...Ok, for baked potatoes, I take nice big baking potatoes, and scrub them well. Stab with a fork a time or two, and rub with a touch of olive oil (not a lot!). If you like, sprinkle with a bit of salt (I love salt on mine!) and wrap well in foil. Bake at 350F for about an hour...you want them to be soft when you squeeze them!

I hope that helps!

Answer 2

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Scrub potatoes thoroughly, dry off, and poke several times with a fork. Rub softened butter all over potato and roll in either grated parmesan cheese or coarse salt. Bake on center oven rack for anywhere from 45 - 75 minutes, depending on how large your potatoes are. This is especially good if you eat the skin. If you don't, scrub the potatoes thoroughly, prick with a fork and wrap in aluminum foil. Bake as directed above.

Answer 3

Buy good baking potatoes.
Preheat the oven to 350
Place each potato on a square of foil big enough to wrap
Stick each tater with a fork once or twice to let out some steam.
Drizzle a little olive oil and a pinch of Kosher salt on each.
Wrap tightly and place in the oven for at least an hour until they smoosh when you squeeze them.

Answer 4

OK, OK! Don't prick it or put foil on it!!! Piercing them makes for a dry potato!!
You need large "White Potatoes" not red! Just heat the oven to 400*, scrub the "White Potatoes", dry. rub butter or margarine on them, lightly sprinkle sea salt or coarse salt on the skin. Place on a cookie sheet, bake for approx 1 hour, maybe 5 minutes. Take out and let it set for 10 minutes. You can eat the skin or not, perfectly seasoned with the salt cooked on it! It makes a difference if you pierce it or not! Only pierce if you cook it in the microwave!!

Answer 5

Wash potato, rub a little oil on potato, wrap in aluminum foil, pierce with fork, and bake in oven on 350 for an hour (add more time or subtract time accordingly,if the potato is very large or small). Remove from oven unwrap partially, split open, and add. Butter, salt & pepper, cheese, sour cream, and bacon.

Answer 6

Take a fork and put holes all over the potato. Place the potato in tin foil, put a lump of butter on top of it along with some salt and pepper. Put it in the oven for about 45 minutes. Yum.

Answer 7

I never use foil on mine and I always use the oven; after
cleaning rub the skins with olive oil (or butter) and push a metal skewer into it from end to end lengthwise, this will help
with cooking from the center, cook at 350 for 35m.to 1hr
depending on size.The oil keeps the skin moist.
Don't listen to the microwave fans, as I've said many times on here these potatoes are BOILED not baked.
the colour of the potato is totally immaterial.

Answer 8

Wrap in foil and place in over for 50-60 minutes (depends on their size, etc.) I slice a potatoe (not all the way through) like and X, place in a plastic bad and stick in microwave for 5-6 minutes (again depending on size) and it works wonders! In the summer you can place in foil and throw on a grill until soft!

Answer 9

Buy a box of dry Lipton Onion Soup and add it to your sliced or diced potatoes. Then bake. There's a simple recipe on its package.

Answer 10

microwave is fast, oven is better, but my favorite is in foil on the grill; just remember not to get the directions mixed up and put them in the microwave with foil on them (not good seen someone actually do that before)