"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> Got two nice big baking potatoes. When I bake potatoes I always rub them
> with butter and sprinkle them with salt first. They are in the oven doing
> their thing for an hour at 425F as I speak.
>
> When I take them out, I'm going to 'twice bake' them. I'll scoop out the
> insides and use a hand mixer to add a little milk and 2-3 Tbs. cream
> cheese.
> Add to that a sprinkling of Penzey's granulated onion, garlic and a couple
> of shakes of dried dill weed. A little pepper. Some steamed spinach
> Then I'll spoon it back into the crispy baked potato shells. On top I'll
> sprinkle some cooked crumbled bacon and some herbed Feta. Pop them back
> into the 425F oven for another 10 minutes until the tops are golden brown.
> One for dinner tonight, one for lunch tomorrow. Yum!


When I bake potatoes, I always preheat them in the microwave before putting
them in the oven. That's 4 minutes for one potato, plus 30 seconds for each
additional potato you are preparing. This cuts the oven time down to only
twenty minutes, and I can't tell any difference in the finished product.


--Rich