SIMPLE BAKED POTATO

Simple Baked Potato image

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.

Provided by Kristin M

Categories Side Dish Potato Side Dish Recipes Baked Potato Recipes

Time 1h10m

Yield 6

Number Of Ingredients 5

Ingredients

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

Steps:

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

Nutrition Facts : Calories 248.2 calories, Carbohydrate 37.7 g, Cholesterol 20.4 mg, Fat 9.5 g, Fiber 4.8 g, Protein 4.5 g, SaturatedFat 5.1 g, Sodium 93.4 mg, Sugar 1.8 g