Recipes:
## **Buttery Potato Fans**
**Serves 3**
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### **Ingredients**
* 3 large baking potatoes, scrubbed
* 2 tablespoons melted butter or margarine
* 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 1/2 cup sour cream
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### **Make Ahead**
Bake potatoes as recipe directs the night before. Cool; wrap individually in foil and refrigerate. Reheat in a **400°F oven**, unwrapped, for about **15 minutes**.
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### **Variation**
For spicy potatoes, mix **1 teaspoon each** of cayenne pepper, paprika and cumin. Shake over the potato slices in step 3.
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### **Directions**
1. Preheat oven to **450°F**. Lightly grease a baking sheet. Cut unpeeled potatoes into **1/4-inch slices** but do not cut all the way through.
2. Place potatoes on prepared baking sheet. Spread slices slightly apart.
3. Mix butter and oil in a small bowl; lightly brush over potato skins and between slices. Sprinkle with salt.
4. Bake for **40 minutes** or until potatoes are tender and edges are brown. Spread with sour cream or serve on the side.
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### Make It Quicker
* Save minutes where you can. Prepare potatoes as recipe directs through step 3, but microwave the potatoes for about **8 minutes**. Then reduce baking time to **15 minutes** in step 4.
* Use a small pastry brush for brushing the potatoes with the oil and butter mixture to prevent messy drips.
