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How To Make A Baked Potato In The Oven

Renee' Groskreutz
Here are the steps and tips for baking a whole fresh potato in a conventional oven.
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Course Side Dish
Cuisine American

Ingredients
  

  • Large baking potato
  • Olive Oil
  • Coarse Salt

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 410 degrees.
  • Wash and dry the potato.
  • Stab holes in the potato all over.
  • Rub it all over with olive oil.
  • Roll the potato in coarse salt.
  • Wrap the potato in foil.
  • Bake the potato in the oven for 1 hour.

Notes

The potato is done when you can easily push a fork through it without any resistance.
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