Sometimes you just want the warm starchy goodness of a baked potato. But have you ever tried baking potatoes? It takes foreverrrrrrrrrrr, not to mention that in this warm weather we're starting to have, heating up the oven is not an ideal situation. Which is why I'm here to inform you that you can make baked potatoes in the microwave, and it's way faster, won't heat up your kitchen, and you can't even tell they weren't really baked. All you have to do is wrap your potato(es) in a wet paper towel, and pop it(/them) in to either a potato baking bag or an oven mitt (we have a potato baking bag, because, well my mom got us one, and also Lilly doesn't like it when I use an oven mitt for this).
Microwave until they are soft like a baked potato should be. Mine took about 7 minutes. I usually will put them in for 5 or 6 minutes and then check on them and add a minute or two on from there until they're done. Also make sure the paper towel is moist enough and there isn't a ton of empty dry space in the bag (I may or may not have burned a corner of the lining inside my bag :/)
Then top your potato however you like. I put veggie bacon (which isn't as bad as i expected it to be, i find I actually like it a lot in instances where I'm putting bacon in something, such as a sandwich or eggs, but would never eat it plain by itself like I do normal bacon), ranch dressing, beans salsa, and cheese on this one.
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