Nov 27 2006
Make Your Own Potato Baker Bags
Perfectly baked potatoes using a microwave and a fabric bag? Cute idea!
- This simple bag creates a “just right” baked potato in your microwave. The inside is well done, yet moist, and the skin remains tender.
- The bag will cook one to four medium sized
potatoes at once.- Simply wash and dry your Potatoes. DO NOT PRICK!!
- Wrap the potatoes in a paper towel and place in bag.
- Microwave as instructed by the microwave manufacturer. Time will vary per microwave.
- When serving, do not cut with knife, simply use a fork. potatoes will be very fluffy.
- Let the bag air dry. ENJOY!!
Free pattern/tutorial to make your own potato bags found here: Potato Baker Bags
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01 Apr 2008 at 9:56 am
I am looking for potato bag holder that you put potatoes in or onions. I have alot of microwave bags just not the bags to hold a 10 or 20 lb bag of potatoes in.
01 Apr 2008 at 7:19 pm
Hi Dawn, is this what you’re looking for: onion sack pattern
11 Apr 2008 at 8:18 am
This seems really bizarre to me for some reason. Have you heard of anyone trying this?
11 Apr 2008 at 12:50 pm
Hi Meredith, these do work nicely but there can be a couple problems:
The bag wasn’t made with all cotton materials (fabric or padding), this can cause sparking or small burn holes.
The microwave is too hot to use the bags, either turn down in temperature or don’t use the bags (sparking or small burn hole problems in the fabric).
02 May 2008 at 4:09 am
I do this inside oven mitts that I bought from the dollar store just for this purpose - works GREAT - ( an inexpensive tea cosy would work well also!) and could be a great substitute for those who do not sew.
(I sew - but can’t be bothered to make a special bag as I’m SO busy!)
10 May 2008 at 5:14 pm
the baked potato bag works great-I make (all 100% cotton) & sell them in my etsy shoppe…
I gave one to my Mother (who is 84) and she LOVES it…you can do sweet potatoes too…and warm up muffins as well !!!
29 Sep 2008 at 1:20 pm
There are no pics. Could you show the pics?
29 Sep 2008 at 2:51 pm
Hi Virginia, looks like the pictures are down at the moment, here’s an archived page that shows them: Potato Baker Bags.
30 Sep 2008 at 3:26 pm
Question for “Andrea”…
Your suggestion for using oven mitts sounds great. Were they all cotton, or what? I’d like to try this!