Branded Potatoes

Photo: flickr user Tony Austin

Ingredients

2 Baking Potatoes

Liquid Browning Sauce

1 tablespoon Butter Or Margarine

teaspoon Garlic Salt

Preparation

Ask an adult to help. Do not peel potatoes. Wash and dry with paper towels.

Cut potatoes in half lengthwise.

Using the pointed end of a bottle opener, apple corer, vegetable peeler or the end of a table knife, carefully carve your initials, numbers or other designs in the rounded sides of the potatoes (ask an adult to help).

Using a cotten-covered swab, a pastry brush or a very small, clean brush, paint the carved-out part with liquid browning sauce.

Put 1 tablespoon butter or margaring into a 8 inch round microwavable dish.

Microwave uncovered on High 15 to 30 seconds or until melted.

Sprinle the flat sides of the potatoes with 1/4 teaspoon garlic salt.

Put potatoes with the flat sides down in a circle in the melted margarine.

Microwave uncovered on High 4 minutes. Turn the dish 1/2 turn, Microwave 2 to 4 minutes longer or until the potatoes are tender when poked with a fork.

Let stand uncovered 5 minutes before serving.

NOTES : If you do not have liquid browning sauce, use molasses (potato my taste a bit sweet). Round, short potatoes will take a little longer to microwave than flat, long potatoes.