Sliced Baked Potatoes

The inspiration for many of my newly acquired recipes is Pinterest.  I heart pinterest.  Except when I pin something and then when I go back for it, it's a dead end, no link pin.  Ugh.  Anyway, there are sooooo many recipes and fun things to do with food on there it's insane.  I was eying up these potatoes for a while, but since I don't keep russets in the house often I had to wait until I bought some to try it out (actually, I waited until they went on sale since I hate paying full price for anything unless i absolutely have to).

The recipe called for a Paula Dean amount of butter than was repulsive so I cut back on that....basically, you just carefully slice the potatoes without going all the way though (this is tough, especially since the potatoes are so hard).  Then the recipe says to put a thin slice of butter between each slice.  Instead of that heart attack, I sprayed the thing down with some Parkay spray butter and then seasoned it with salt, pepper and some Parmesan cheese.  Bake at 450 for 45-60 minutes (depending on how big they are, idk....mine were in for about 50 and then I got impatient).  The bottoms were still a bit undercooked.  Overall, they were an ok side dish.  Maybe it was the lack of a truckload of butter but they were a tad on the bland side.  Then again, that could have just been because we are used to baby red potatoes that have a ton of flavor.  To each their own.  I wouldn't discourage you from trying it out for yourself!  And I think they look rather lovely!