Slow-Baked Taters and Sweets

Foil-wrapped potatoes create their own steam as they cook gently in the slow cooker. The size and shape of the potatoes will determine the length of cooking time needed, and the size of your slow cooker will determine how many you can cook at one time. You can also cook all of one kind of potato instead of both kinds. Typically, russet potatoes take longer to cook than sweet potatoes. If cooking both kinds, or if some potatoes are smaller than others, check each one for doneness after 4 hou