Mashed Potatoes & Potato Jackets

Name: Mashed Potatoes & Potato Jackets
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 2 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 medium baking potato, well scrubbed & dried; shortening or olive oil, to coat potato; 1 tablespoon milk; 1 tablespoon butter; salt

Submitted by littleturtle

"High in vitamin C."

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Ready In:: 55mins
Ingredients:: 5
Serves:: 2

ingredients

1 medium baking potato, well scrubbed & dried
shortening or olive oil, to coat potato
1 tablespoon milk
1 tablespoon butter
salt

directions

Preheat the oven to 400°F.
Rub a little bit of shortening over the whole potato.
Poke several holes into potato with a fork.
Place the potato directly on the oven rack and bake for 45-60 minutes, or until a fork goes into it easily.
Take the potato out of the oven and cut it in half.
Allow to cool a few minutes before scooping out the potato, being careful to keep the jackets whole.
Mash the potato with milk and butter.
Butter the insides of the potato jackets, sprinkle with salt and serve with mashed potatoes.