Almost Cut Potatoes

This slightly crispy version of a baked potato is a great change up and oh so easy!
Ingredients:

• Large Russett Potatoes
• Olive Oil
• Sea Salt
• Pepper
• Loaded Potato Topping

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.  Wash the potatoes thoroughly.  Cut them almost all the way through, brush on olive oil.  Season with salt and pepper and sprinkle with garlic powder.  Top each potato with a few pats of butter and bake for 40-50 minutes.  About half way through you may want to brush on another layer of olive oil, depending on how crispy they are getting.  They are even better with Loaded Potato Topping.

I like to serve this with my Herb Butter Steakhouse Steak because the oven temp is 400 for both so no adjusting!

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Crispy Parmesan Potatoes

This is hands down the best way I've learned to make roasted potatoes. As with most of my recipes, you can change around the ingredients, but the prep stage is what makes these potatoes.

Ingredients:

• - 3 large potatoes (you can easily double this recipe to feed more)
• - 4 Tbsp. Crisco shortening
• - Parmesan Cheese
• - Sea Salt

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees and place your baking sheet in the oven to heat it up.
2. Cut potatoes into half then quarter the halves.
3. Place potatoes in pan with cold water and salt. Bring water to boil and immediately drain the potatoes. The trick is not to cook the potatoes just get them warm.
4. Return potatoes to the pan and cook over medium heat just to get them dry.
5. Add crisco and heat and stir until the potatoes are evenly covered in the oil.
6. Arrange potatoes in single layer on baking sheet and top with Parmesan and salt to desired amount.
7. Bake at 400 degrees for 45 minutes, turning potatoes halfway.