The microwave has died - how do I do Jacket potatoes in the oven?

[callmeovercautious]

They are in there atm, just scrubbed and put on the shelf. Should I put them in foil? What temp? and how long?

I am so ashamed, I know this is almost as bad as asking how to boil an egg - just goes to show how reliant you get on technology!

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i put them in foil for about 45 mins - 1 hour depending on size then take the foil off for the last 10 mins

roll them in olive oil first.

I wouldn't have a clue either, always do mine in micro.

Don't they take ages in the oven ?

i never miccy potatoes - reminiscent of student life! pop in oven nice and hot 200+ and 40 mins to an hour voila yum

if you put a metal skewer through them they will cook quicker.

How have you never done them in the oven????? They are gopping in the microwave and delicious wonderment in the oven Crispy Skins for a start.

You can stick a squewer through the middle if you want them done a bit quicker (like 45 mins)

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Thanks Cod - thats basically what I did, then thought - damn - I don't know what temp these should go on!

Thanks all, will go and get some foil on them.

they're vile in the microwave. Skewer, brush with oil. Oven high 220 degrees, gas mark erm...high. 45 mins.

I have done them in the oven but not for years (since I got the microwave).

Much nicer done slowly in the oven. They always seem so traumatised when they're done in the microwave .

My microwave has a grill and they do get a bit crispy in there. If you have a lot to do though, oven is quicker (and nicer, I admit)

foil? why foil?

Oh yes, loads nicer in the oven, they're always s insipid and flabby when they've been microwaved.

Turn on oven at 180°/200°.

Rub butter all over the potatoes.

Put in an oven dish.

Leave in oven for an hour or so till crispy.

don't bother with foil. what a faff. Hot oven, 200, prick 'em. I give them hour and a quaRTER to hour and a half depending on size of spud.

I never put mine in a dish, just on the rack in the oven, put a dish under it if you like but I think theyre best done on the wire.

I do 1 hours and 46 minutes (dont ask why, i just alsways do that amount of time) at 180 in a non fan assisted oven

prick them with a fork first and leave them to it

Smothering in oil/butter is a new one on me. Obviously calorific version, but do they taste nicer like that?

It is about time we had a definitive baked potato thread

The butter makes the jackets crisper/thicker. Yum.

yuk to butter. surely only once they're cooked, and inside? and fluff it up