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Crispy Baked Yukon Gold Potatoes

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June  3, 2015
4.8
8 Ratings
Crispy Baked Yukon Gold Potatoes
  • Serves 4-5
Author Notes

My husband LOVES crispy potatoes and is always asking for them. I have one surefire recipe but it uses tons of butter and olive oil to get them that way, which is just way too fattening. For my son’s birthday dinner party, I made these. My naysayers said these potatoes would dry out, not be good, most likely be dehydrated. How can they possibly be baked that long?
Ha!! —MaryFrancesCooks

What You'll Need
Ingredients
  • 2 pounds Yukon Gold potatoes, 2” in diameter, scrubbed
  • olive oil
  • sea salt
Directions
  1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Wash and scrub potatoes, dry and prick all over with a fork.
  2. Place potatoes on the oven rack and bake for 1.75 hours, until skins are hard and crispy.
  3. Remove from oven and using a serrated knife, cut in half, but not all the way through. Drizzle with your best olive oil and sprinkle on the salt. Enjoy!
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5 Reviews

julie
julie July 23, 2022
Love this, easy and delicious 😊
 
Icravephilly
Icravephilly May 2, 2021
Woah, amazing recipe! So simple - I only added a bit of kosher salt on the pricked potatoes before baking.
And served with sour cream and chives 😋
 
MGZ
MGZ January 4, 2021
These were amazing! I will never make another (idaho, etc.) baked potatoe again.
 
Dana P.
Dana P. October 18, 2020
These are absolutely fantastic-thank you!
 
Sadie G.
Sadie G. December 9, 2017
I never knew potato-love like this before!!! Amazing result. Never knew that baking longer would produce the best potatoes my husband and I have ever eaten, including in a restaurant. Thank you.