Mashed Potatoes & Potato Jackets

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

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

baking potato, shortening, milk, butter, salt

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/mashed-potatoes-potato-jackets-109521 (may not work)