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Slow-Cooker Easy Baked Potatoes

By Ashley Moore

Published on October 16, 2019

Time

6 to 7 hours on low or 4 to 5 hours on high

Yield

Serves 4 to 6

Slow Cooker Size:

5 to 7 quarts

Slow-Cooker Easy Baked Potatoes

Ingredients

4-6 russet potato, unpeeledVegetable oil spray Salt and pepper

Before You Begin

Serve with your favorite baked potato toppings. You will need an oval slow cooker for this recipe.

Instructions

  1. Spray potatoes with oil spray and season with salt and pepper. Wrap potatoes individually in aluminum foil and place in slow cooker. Add ½ cup water, cover, and cook until potatoes are tender, 6 to 7 hours on low or 4 to 5 hours on high. Transfer potatoes to serving dish and carefully remove foil (watch for steam). Serve.
Slow-Cooker Easy Baked Potatoes
Photography by Keller + Keller. Styling by Catrine Kelty.

Slow-Cooker Easy Baked Potatoes

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Time

6 to 7 hours on low or 4 to 5 hours on high

Yield

Serves 4 to 6

Slow Cooker Size:

5 to 7 quarts

Ingredients

4-6 russet potato, unpeeled
Vegetable oil spray
Salt and pepper

Ingredients

4-6 russet potato, unpeeled
Vegetable oil spray
Salt and pepper

Ingredients

4-6 russet potato, unpeeled
Vegetable oil spray
Salt and pepper

Why This Recipe Works

Forget about preheating the oven to achieve perfectly cooked baked potatoes with a creamy interior—we moved this dish to the slow cooker, leaving the oven available for other things (like the main course). Wrapping the potatoes in foil and including a little water in the slow cooker helped them cook through more evenly. Spritzing the potatoes with vegetable oil spray ensured that our seasonings adhered (salt and pepper did the trick).

Before You Begin

Serve with your favorite baked potato toppings. You will need an oval slow cooker for this recipe.

Instructions

  1. Spray potatoes with oil spray and season with salt and pepper. Wrap potatoes individually in aluminum foil and place in slow cooker. Add ½ cup water, cover, and cook until potatoes are tender, 6 to 7 hours on low or 4 to 5 hours on high. Transfer potatoes to serving dish and carefully remove foil (watch for steam). Serve.

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