Oven Baked Butter Smashed Potatoes

Oven Baked Butter Smashed Potatoes is a recipe sent from Heaven for butter AND potato lovers! It’s crispy, flavorful, delicious and a real crowd pleaser! We can’t get enough of them over here!

Butter Potatoes

Butter – sometimes I couldn’t imagine cooking without it. It serves as a lubricant, flavor enhancer, and a means to transfer flavors. It has so many uses – sautéing, poaching, as a base and way to thicken sauces or to finish vegetables, fish, and risotto, and for baking…. Or you can just spread it on a piece of whole wheat bread. What’s better than that?

This oven roasted butter potato recipe goes a little something like this: Take a knob of butter and pop it on top of a par-boiled, smashed potato and bake until crispy. Just right on top. Congratulations, you’ve made the recipe, which is to say you’ve made a delicious potato. Enjoy!

Oven Baked Butter Smashed Potatoes

Ingredients:

  • 2 lbs. red potatoes
  •  Cooking spray
  •  1 stick of butter, sliced into pieces then melted
  •  Sea salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

  1. Pre-heat your oven to broil to medium-high heat (about 200°C | 400°F).
  2. Place potatoes in a large pot of salted water. Bring to the boil; cook, covered for 30-35 minutes or until just fork-tender. Drain well.
  3. Lightly grease a large baking sheet or tray with cooking oil spray.
  4. Arrange potatoes onto the sheet and use a potato masher to LIGHTLY flatten the potatoes in one piece (not too hard or they will end up mashed).
  5. Pour butter over each potato’s and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
  6. Broil until they are golden and crispy (about 10-15 minutes).
  7. To serve, season with a little extra salt and serve immediately.