Russet potatoes (Solanum tuberosum) are classic baking potatoes with rough brown skin, an elongated shape, and fluffy white flesh. Their high starch content creates a light, dry texture when cooked, making them especially well suited to baking, mashing, roasting, oven fries, soups, and chowders. Russets provide carbohydrates, potassium, vitamin B6, vitamin C, and phenolic compounds, particularly chlorogenic acid. Cooking and cooling russet potatoes also increases resistant starch, providing another way preparation can influence their nutritional properties.