Best 10 Easy Baked Potatoes Recipes

EASY AIR FRYER BAKED POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat an air fryer to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Rub potatoes with olive oil and season with salt, pepper, garlic powder, and parsley. Place potatoes in the air fryer basket.
• Cook in the preheated air fryer until potatoes are soft, 40 to 50 minutes, depending on potato size.
• Slice potatoes lengthwise. Pinch both sides of each potato, using your hands and forcing potatoes to open up, until the fluffy insides come up. Place 1 tablespoon of butter into each potato.

EASY TWICE BAKED POTATOES

Steps:

• Bake potatoes in a 375 degree oven 1 to 1 1/2 hours until done.
• When potatoes are done let them cool 10-15 minutes.
• Then slice them in half lengthwise.
• Using a spoon carefully scoop out the potato, leaving a little on skin so they don't break. Save the skins.
• In a large bowl mix all the ingredients except 1/4 cup cheese, green onion and paprika with a hand mixer until well blended and creamy. If not creamy enough add a bit more milk.
• Taste and adjust seasonings if necessary.
• Spoon potato mixture evenly into shells.
• Top with remaining 1/4 cup of cheese and green onions.
• Sprinkle lightly with paprika.
• Return to oven until hot and cheese is melted, about 15-20 minutes.
• Or you can wrap in saran wrap and put in a freezer ziplock bag and freeze for use at another time.

LESLIE'S SUPER EASY SPINACH-ARTICHOKE DIP TWICE-BAKED POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Pierce the potatoes in a couple of places with a sharp knife; place on a baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a knife easily slices through the potato, 45 to 60 minutes. Cool potatoes for 10 minutes.
• Slice potatoes horizontally; scoop out the flesh with a fork, leaving the skin intact. Mix potato flesh with spinach artichoke dip in a bowl; spoon back into the potato skins and top with Cheddar cheese.
• Bake in the oven until cheese is beginning to melt, 15 to 20 minutes. Turn on oven's broiler and broil until cheese begin to bubble and brown, 2 to 5 minutes.

EASY LOADED BAKED POTATOES (4 WAYS)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Clean potatoes and wrap with foil.
• Bake for 1 hour or until tender.
• Cut a large X on top of potato and make an opening.
• Load with topping.
• Variation #1 Ham and Alfredo:.
• Pour Alfredo sauce in a sauce pan and stir in ham.
• Cook over medium heat until mixture is hot.
• Spoon mixture over potatoes.
• Variation #2 Broccoli and Cheese:.
• Heat Brocoli and cheese mixture in a sauce pan over medium heat until hot.
• Spoon mixture over potato.
• Variation #3 Tex Mex:.
• Spoon 2 Tablespoons of salsa on each potato.
• Top with sour cream and guacamole.
• Variation #4 Chili and Cheese:.
• Stir chili and cheese together in a medium sauce pan and heat on medium heat.
• Cook until cheese is melted and spoon mixture over potatoes.

EASY TWICE-BAKED SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Prick sweet potatoes with a fork. Bake until soft, about 50 minutes. Let cool slightly on a rack.
• Cut a lengthwise slit in potatoes almost all the way through, leaving about 1 inch at each end intact. Scoop out flesh, leaving a 1/2-inch border on skins. Put flesh in a medium nonreactive bowl, then transfer half to a food processor. Process until smooth; return to bowl. Stir in sour cream, 6 tablespoons softened butter, 1 cup brown sugar, lemon juice, and nutmeg. Season with salt and pepper.
• Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees. Transfer sweet potato mixture in batches to a pastry bag fitted with a very large round tip. Pipe mixture into 12 of the potato shells, dividing evenly; discard remaining 2 shells. Filled shells can be refrigerated in an airtight container up to 1 day. Just before serving, top with remaining 3/4 cup brown sugar, the sliced butter, and pecans; arrange marshmallows on top. Bake on a rimmed baking sheet until hot and marshmallows are golden brown, 7 to 10 minutes.

EASY BAKED JO JO POTATOES

Steps:

• Peel potatoes and place in cold water for at least 1 hour. Slice Potatoes into spears. Place on a heavy duty cookie sheet, poor Olive Oil over potatoes and toss. In a pie pan combine remaining ingredients (except hot salt) Press each potato wedge in flour Mixture. Place back on cookie sheet (Balance on skin part if possible) Sprinkle with Hot Salt now if desired. Bake in a 400 degree oven for approx 45 minutes, or golden brown. Use spatula to remove from pan and serve with Ranch dressing and ketchup/salsa.

EASY CHEESY OVEN BAKED POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Scrub potatoes and pierce with fork or knife and place in plastic baggies.
• Put baggies w/potatoes in microwave for 10 minutes.
• Spray bottom of glass 9X13 pan with cooking oil.
• Mix together 1 can of creamed soup with 1/2 can of milk - set aside.
• Allow pototes to cool enough to handle with bare hands or use pot-holders.
• Cut pototoes into cubes, *note* potatoes will only be about 1/2 done, so will be firm.
• Place potatoes in baking dish.
• Pour soup mixture over potatoes and place in oven for 15 minutes.
• Remove from oven and sprinkle with shredded cheese, (the more the better).
• Put back in the oven for 5 minutes.
• Presto!

EASY BAKED SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Layer potatoes,brown sugar and margarine in a casserole.
• Sprinkle with cinnamon.
• Bake uncovered at 375 degrees for 30 minutes.

EASY BAKED SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• 1. Wash and dry sweet potatoes. Poke holes in potatoes with fork.
• 2. Rub each potato on all sides with softened butter.
• 3. Wrap potatoes separately & completely in paper towels. Then, moisten with water.
• 4. Bake in microwave. Check & turn over after top side gets soft. Continue baking. Should be completely done in about 12 minutes (when no longer hard). Serve warm with a pat of butter.

EASY "BAKED POTATOES" (CROCKPOT)

Steps:

• 1. Scrub the potatoes and slice them in 1/4 inch slices. In a medium bowl, combine the sour cream and dip mix; combine well.
• 2. Put the cubed butter over the bottom of the crockpot. Begin by layering items in this order: 1/4 of the cubed butter, 1/4 of the potatoes, a little salt and pepper, 1/4 of the sour cream mixture and 1/4 of the cheddar cheese; repeat the layers , ending with a final layer of cheddar cheese.
• 3. Cover and cook on low for 8 to 10 hours or until potatoes are tender.
• 4. Serve with a garnish of chopped chives or chopped green onions.