how to cook perfect oven baked potatoes
1 Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). 2  Scrub the potato, and pierce the skin several times with a knife or fork. 3  Rub the skin with olive oil, then with salt. 4  Place the potato in the preheated oven, and bake for 90 minutes, or until slightly soft and golden brown. Rub the skin with olive oil, then with salt. 2  Place the potato in the preheated oven, and bake for 90 minutes, or until slightly soft and golden brown. 3  Slice the potato down the center, and serve with butter and black pepper.