Butter Roasted Baby Gold Potatoes

quartered baby Yukon gold potatoes on a plate with herbs.

4.81 from 21 votes

Butter Roasted Baby Gold Potatoes

Sheet pan butter roasted baby Yukon gold potatoes are a super simple, 3 ingredient side dish recipe made with butter, salt, and potatoes.

Servings:

Ingredients

1½ lbs baby golden potatoes
2 tablespoon salted butter
½ tablespoon Italian herb seasoning optional
salt to taste

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Instructions

Heat the oven to 400 ℉ (205 ℃) convection. See note 1.
Wash the baby gold potatoes and dry. Cut the potatoes into quarters by first slicing in half, then cutting the halves into quarters.
Melt the butter in the microwave. Pour the melted butter over the quartered baby potatoes. Mix the melted butter and baby potatoes well, evenly coating the surface of the potatoes.
Spread the potatoes on a parchment lined baking sheet. Place the skin side down of the baby potatoes. Sprinkle salt and dried herbs (if using) on top of the potatoes.
Place the baking sheet in the middle of the oven for about 25 to 30 minutes or until the potatoes can easily be pierced with a fork. Serve immediately. See note 2.

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Notes

If your oven doesn't have convection, heat to regular bake at 425 ℉ (220 ℃).
If needing to reheat these potatoes, just pop them back in the oven for 5 minutes at the same cooking temperature.
Storage- I'm not a fan of reheating crispy roasted potatoes, so I don't recommend reheating or freezing these.
Baking sheet with parchment paper. I do not recommend using aluminum foil because the potatoes tend to stick. Parchment paper is the easiest solution for baking potatoes without the headache of having to scrub the pan.
Other variations:
- Change the potatoes. Make this recipe with peeled sweet potatoes, peeled russet potatoes, or red potatoes.
- Add dried Italian herb seasoning. Sprinkle on top of these buttery golden potatoes before baking. Try other fresh herbs like fresh rosemary, fresh thyme, fresh oregano, or fresh chopped parsley.
- Chili flakes - Spicy things up a bit with some chili flakes.
- Change up the flavor. Add black pepper, garlic powder, or onion powder. Add some green onions or cheddar cheese on top! Make these garlic butter potatoes by adding fresh crushed garlic to the melted butter mixture.
- Lemon - Squeeze some lemon over these butter-roasted potatoes after they have cooked in the oven. Serve immediately so they don't get soggy.
- Change the fat - Make these roasted potatoes with olive oil, avocado oil, ghee, or coconut oil. Sometimes, I mix the fats for very flavorful roasted potatoes. For example, I sometimes mix olive oil and butter or coconut oil and avocado oil.

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