Simple Baked Potato

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.

Step: 1

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).

Step: 2

Place butter in a microwave-safe bowl and microwave on high until melted, 20 to 30 seconds. Stir in olive oil, garlic powder, salt, and pepper.

Step: 3

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, making sure to evenly coat each one. Wrap up completely in foil. Poke 5 more holes into the wrapped potatoes.

Step: 4

Bake potatoes in the center of the preheated oven until easily pierced with a fork, about 1 hour. Spread leftover butter mixture over potatoes after cutting them open.

Per Serving: 248 calories; protein 4.5g; carbohydrates 37.7g; fat 9.5g; cholesterol 20.4mg; sodium 93.4mg.

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