Our 27 Very Best Baked Potato Recipes

Potatoes are an incredibly versatile ingredient: You can boil, stuff or bake them for family-pleasing results. One look at our best potato recipes and you'll see there's really no wrong way to eat them! But when you're craving a hearty bite of pure comfort, baked potatoes are the ticket. You need just five ingredients for these 5-star baked potatoes. Butter, sour cream and sharp Cheddar help give them the mouthwatering flavor our fans can't stop raving about.

These baked potatoes are fluffy and tender on the inside, yet perfectly crispy on the outside. Plus, you don't have to turn on your oven! We loaded these up, topping them with shredded Cheddar, sour cream and sliced scallions.

Upgrade butter-topped baked potatoes with a smooth and creamy chive sauce. A little crumbled bacon won’t hurt either.

These potatoes still taste buttery and rich but are much lighter than the full-fat version, thanks to a small amount of butter and some chive-flavored reduced-fat cream cheese. This is a great side dish to eat year-round.

This hearty and healthy weeknight dinner will please both kids and grown-ups, and it's made entirely in the Instant Pot.

This hot potato salad has all the cheesy, fluffy richness of a loaded baked potato, which makes it a perfect side for grilled chicken or a big, juicy steak. Cook the bacon in the oven, then crisp the fingerlings on the same pan in the leftover rendered bacon fat. A squeeze of lemon to finish counters the richness of the potatoes, bacon and cheese.

Fill russets with bacon-Parmesan mashed potatoes and bake an egg right on top. You'll forget all about pasta!

Move over, Cheddar. Ina uses feta and cream cheese, whipped together in a food processor with freshly squeezed lemon juice, to amp up humble baked potatoes.

Thanks to your multicooker, you can make barbecued chicken in minutes. And it’s the perfect baked potato topping, especially when sour cream, Cheddar and green onions are included.

Stir buttery mashed potatoes together with Gruyère, jalapenos and scallions, then mound into baked potato shells and sprinkle with more cheese before returning the potatoes to the oven. More cheese is never a bad idea!

These potatoes require only 10 minutes of prep work — your oven does the rest.

Combine the mashed potato insides with melted butter, sour cream, chives and a cup of cheese. Spoon the mixture evenly into the potato shells, top with more cheese, and bake until golden brown and bubbly for an incredible side.

The world’s best baked potato goes like this, Alton says: Poke holes all over the potato to get that nice, fluffy texture inside. Then coat the potato in oil and add salt, and bake the potato directly on the oven rack for the best possible results.

Thick-cut bacon and shredded cheese give the filling in these twice-baked potatoes extra crowd-pleasing flavor.

Smoky pastrami, sauerkraut, Swiss cheese, that creamy and irresistible dressing — all your favorite Reuben flavors are here. Just forget the bread and pile everything high onto a warm baked potato instead.

These twice-baked beauties keep well in the refrigerator for two to three days and can be reheated in the oven before serving. They're a perfect make-ahead side, especially when you're entertaining.

Make baked potatoes even more delicious? A broccoli-cheese sauce and fried onions are the toppers you need.

Add a little spice to your twice-baked potatoes with a few tablespoons of horseradish in the potato filling and mixed with sour cream and dolloped on top.

It might be hard to believe you can have these hearty potatoes on the table in just a half-hour, but it’s true! The microwave can help.

Love meat and potatoes? With Trisha's 5-star recipe, you get cheesy potatoes and mouthwatering bacon all in one.

The key to 5-star, crispy baked potatoes is rubbing them with olive oil, salt and pepper before baking. Cooking them on the top oven rack will also help them become tender on the inside and crispy on the outside.

This crowd-pleasing recipe starts with a pound of smoky bacon, which might just be the secret to adding a ton of flavor to baked potatoes. Blanched broccoli, sharp Cheddar and a good amount of sour cream complete these piled-high spuds.

This family-friendly dish turns cottage pie on its head. Instead of capping the saucy mixture of simmered meat and vegetables with mashed potatoes, turn the filling into the topper for baked potato boats.

For a fun spin on taco night, bring baked potatoes into the mix. Ground beef, black beans, taco seasoning and Mexican blend cheese are the ultimate potato fixings.

Sauteed kielbasa, buttery leeks and cabbage, and shredded cheese transform a simple baked potato into a complete meal.

Russet potatoes, unsalted butter, and salt and pepper — that’s all you need to make Ina’s no-fail baked potatoes.