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What you need:

1. Potatoes
2. Scrubbing brush
3. Oil
4. Tin foil
5. Oven
6. unused watercolor paint brush
7. Timer
8. Oven mitts
9. Counterspace
10. Bowl

What to do:

1. Take a select amount of potatoes. 1 per person is plenty.
2. Wash off the potatoes with the scrubbing brush.
3. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees on bake
4. In a bowl, place some oil in it.
5. Place the clean potatoes on the clean counterspace
6. Dip the unused watercolor paintbrush in the oil in the bowl.
7. Paint the potatoes with the oil. Skins have to be on the potatoes!
8. Place each painted potato onto separate pieces of tin foil
9. Wrap each potato in the foil you placed it on.
10. Put dry oven mitts on. *to prevent burning, use dry oven mitts*
11. Place the potatoes onto a rack in the oven. *best place for rack is in the center*
12. Set the timer for 90 minutes to 2 hours. This time will determine how soft the potato will be. If you like them soft, 2 hours is a best option.
13. When timer goes, use the dry oven mitts again to remove the potatoes. Turn the oven off.
14. Place the potatoes one at a time onto the clean counterspace to cool.
15. Set timer again for 20 minutes.
16. Once timer goes this time, unwrap the potatoes.
17. use whatever topping you want
18. Serve.