Baked Potato

Ingredients:
Potatoes
Olive/Canolia Oil
Salt

Directions:
Arrange the racks so that one is in the middle and the other in the lower half of the oven. Preheat 350F
1. Wash potatoes. Poke with fork (or don't poke for moister flesh- tip from a chef friend). Roll in oil. Wipe off excess. sprinkle salt.

2. Place cookie tray in lower rack and put potatoes on the middle rack. If the potatoes are smaller then place them on the cookie tray on the middle rack. Bake for about 1 hour (less if they are small potatoes) until the skin feels crisp and the flesh is soft when poked with a fork.

3. Serve by creating a dotted line from end to end with your fork, then crack the spud open by squeezing the ends towards one another. It will pop right open. Serve with your favorite toppings such as mayonnaise, chopped chives, chopped boiled egg, fried mushrooms or bacon bits.