Baked potatoes

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   3 Keys to Achieving British-Style Baked Potatoes

                                        Making baked potatoes isn’t 
difficult, but here are the tips that made the most difference.

Slice them first.
 Like most Americans, I typically poke holes all over the potatoes 
before baking them to ensure they don’t explode in the oven. But Jo 
suggests slicing a cross shape
 about 1/4-inch thick into each potato. This helps them release some 
steam, makes the interior more fluffy, and also makes them easier to 
slice into when they’re piping hot.
Bake them for longer than you think. Many recipes (ours included)
 recommend baking potatoes for an hour at 425°F. Instead, Jo suggests 
baking potatoes at 400°F for closer to two hours. The potatoes won’t 
burn at this temperature and the long bake means the skin will be so crisp that it’s practically cracker-like.
Return them to the oven. After the two hours are up, remove the potatoes and carefully cut deeper into the slices you made initially. Then put the potatoes back in the oven for 10 more minutes. This helps to dry out the flesh further and makes it extra fluffy.

                                        When you take those piping hot 
spuds out of the oven, push open that crispy, crackly, perfectly-salted 
skin, and drop a little butter into the lightest, fluffiest baked potato
 you’ve ever made, you’ll silently thank Jo and her Cornwall aunt. And 
you’ll know — as I now do — there’s really no other way to bake them.                                      

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	3 Keys to Achieving British-Style Baked Potatoes Making baked potatoes isn’t difficult, but here are the tips that made the most difference. Slice them first. Like most Americans, I typically poke holes all over the potatoes before baking them to ensure they don’t explode in the oven. But Jo suggests slicing a cross shape about 1/4-inch thick into each potato. This helps them release some steam, makes the interior more fluffy, and also makes them easier to slice into when they’re piping hot. Bake them for longer than you think. Many recipes (ours included) recommend baking potatoes for an hour at 425°F. Instead, Jo suggests baking potatoes at 400°F for closer to two hours. The potatoes won’t burn at this temperature and the long bake means the skin will be so crisp that it’s practically cracker-like. Return them to the oven. After the two hours are up, remove the potatoes and carefully cut deeper into the slices you made initially. Then put the potatoes back in the oven for 10 more minutes. This helps to dry out the flesh further and makes it extra fluffy. When you take those piping hot spuds out of the oven, push open that crispy, crackly, perfectly-salted skin, and drop a little butter into the lightest, fluffiest baked potato you’ve ever made, you’ll silently thank Jo and her Cornwall aunt. And you’ll know — as I now do — there’s really no other way to bake them.

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