• 4 large potatoes (suitable for baking)
Toppings
• salt (optional)
• butter (optional)
• garlic butter (optional)
• herb butter (optional)
• sour cream (optional)
Directions:
Preheat your oven at 400 F (200 C).Scrub the potatoes well but keep them whole: don't peel or slice them. Place them onto a chopping board and stab each of them with a fork 4 or 5 times in various places.
Put them onto the middle rack of the oven and cook for about 40 minutes or until they are soft and cooked though when tested with a knife.
Place the cooked potato on the chopping board and cut an X shape in the top, but not all the way though, then using a clean towel or oven gloves (these babies are HOT) push the bits between the X to make it pop up nice and decoratively and to have a place to put some butter or the topping of your choice. Enjoy!
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