Baked Potatoes in the Crockpot— YUM

February 21, 2010 By

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My relationship with my slow cooker (eh-hem, slow cooker collection) has not always been rosy. And I must admit there is still some trial and error going on in the 144 household.

But I’m getting better!

At Christmastime I was trying to figure out how to optimize my cooking options and still serve a delicious meal.

That’s when I decided to put two slow-cookers into action: one for baking potatoes and one for sweet potatoes. And they turned out perfectly!

How to: Slow Cooker Baked Potatoes

1. Scrub and prick your potatoes (baking or sweet)

2. Wrap them in foil.

3. Bake in the slow cooker on low for eight hours.

Following this, I ended up with the best potatoes I think I have ever served in my house… Much better than the microwave and I think even better than the oven.

If you try this at  home, do NOT add any water… just use the potatoes, and foil, after scrubbing and pricking.

For the best results, use a slow cooker which will be completely filled up by the potatoes. For just 3 potatoes I use my mini, but for more, I load ‘em up in the big guy.

The clean-up is simple and the preparation super-easy, too.

For something a bit messier, click on over to read about my several-day apple butter adventure.

What a crazy mess that was!!!

So… I’m curious, what have you used your crockpot to make? Please let us know in the comments…

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  • Krystal

    My husband recently requested baked potatoes but by the time I get out of work it just takes too long to bake them! This is such a great idea! I will be trying this out this week!

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  • http://www.smockityfrocks.com Smockity Frocks

    GREAT idea! Thanks for linking up!
    .-= Smockity Frocks´s last blog ..What’s In Your CrockPot? =-.

  • http://www.cassandraland.com Cassandra

    I’ve made apple butter in the crockpot and it was really good! I’ve also cooked beans a few times. I second the suggestion of Crockpot 365! I have a few of the blog recipes bookmarked for future meals.
    .-= Cassandra´s last blog ..Bible in 90 Days – Day 51 =-.

  • http://justanothermomof2.com Ashley @ Just Another Mom of 2

    Oh wow, what a great idea!! I never would have thought to do this. This is going to be attempted here this week, I love it!

    Visiting through Smockity Frock’s Crockpot carnival!
    .-= Ashley @ Just Another Mom of 2´s last blog ..A Delicious, Easy Ham in the Crockpot =-.

  • http://www.arewethereblog.blogspot.com Dana~Are We There Yet?

    Baked potatoes! Genius!! When I’m making dinner for a crowd, it’s the baked taters that always throw me off…start ‘em early, but then have to reheat…or microwave, which is fast, but not as good…but not any more!! Crock pot(s) to the rescue! Thanks!

  • http://bitsofyarn.wordpress.com Kari

    There is a GREAT cook book (From a blog…) out there–I bought it in October because we were looking at swim team practice @ 4:30-6:30 every day for 5 months! I’ve used it 5 nights a week for the past 5 months (and have only had 2 bad days!)
    It’s called Make it Fast, Cook it slow, by stephanie O’dea, and her blog is http://www.crockpot365.blogspot.com
    The book has been really helpful–because she has a lot of tips about slow cooking that I didn’t know before (and had caused HUGE failures!–like TOO MUCH LIQUID!) Just FYI!

    kari
    .-= Kari´s last blog ..Hear No Evil =-.

  • http://christinesatterfield.com Christine

    I did this a couple months ago for the first time and it was SOOOOOOOO GOOD! Seriously the easiest way to make potatoes ever!
    .-= Christine´s last blog ..Date Nights Are Fun Even When Your Married =-.

  • http://www.oddmom.net Jaz @ Odd Mom

    Oh, I think you just made my summer! It gets too hot to turn on the oven, but I can still have baked potatoes from the crockpot? Count me in!
    .-= Jaz @ Odd Mom´s last blog ..Menu Plan for Feb. 21-27 =-.

  • http://Homecookingmommy.wordpress.com BarbaraSue

    This idea is great! I’m going to put this on my March menu!

    Mh current favorite crockpot recipe is my mother-in-law’s Swiss steak. She makes hers in the microwave (it’s from an ancient microwave cooking cookbook). But I don’t usually cook in the microwave. So I tried it in the slow cooker and voilà! It was great!

  • http://www.couponswithstyle.com Couponswithstyle.com

    I never even thought of putting a baked potato in a crock-pot. Genius!

  • http://healthhomehappy.com Cara @ Health Home and Happiness

    That is a great idea. I wonder if the foil is really necessary? I’m so lazy LOL! Hubby wants twice baked potatoes, so I’m trying it this week.

  • http://www.colieskitchen.com nicole

    Wow what a great idea! I will have to try this out especially during the summer. I hate heating up the house so bad that I avoid baked potatoes, but I love them!!

  • http://crispy-not-crunchy.blogspot.com/2010/02/stick-to-your-hipsi-mean-ribsfrench.html Cheryl@SomewhatCrunchy

    Thats a really great idea! I do mine in the oven. I drizzle them with olive oil and sprinkle them with salt, garlic powder and pepper. But I could easily do that in the crock pot too. :)
    .-= Cheryl@SomewhatCrunchy´s last blog ..Beautiful Blogger Award =-.