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Baked Potatoes

Baked potatoes are whole potatoes coated in coarse sea salt and baked until tender.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Baked Potatoes

Oven, in the book's wordsA slow oven

Ingredients

Directions

The book says “a slow oven”. The 300°F (150°C) in the steps is the modern equivalent, not the book's own figure.

Prepare

  1. Scrub the potatoes with a brush and rinse them.

  2. Roll the potatoes in coarse sea salt.

Bake

  1. Bake in a slow oven at 300°F (150°C) until tender.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Idaho special baking potatoes
Fine, mealy starch gives a fluffy, light interior when baked.
Coarse sea salt
Coats the skin, adding seasoning and helping the skin crisp as it bakes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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