Name: Toaster-Oven Thick-Cut Oven Fries
Total time: 45 min
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons vegetable oil , divided; 2 russet potatoes (12 ounces each), unpeeled, cut into ½-inch-thick wedges; 1 tablespoon cornstarch; ¾ teaspoon table salt; ½ teaspoon pepper; ¼ teaspoon garlic powder

Why This Recipe Works

Using the toaster oven encourages you to use smaller amounts of ingredients and only cook exactly what you need to eat. This reduces the chance that you will have leftovers just sitting in the fridge—and no one is excited to reheat soggy fries anyway. The toaster oven creates potato wedges with crisp, golden edges and fluffy centers to sink your teeth into. Cutting ½-inch-thick wedges gave us attractively slender spears that provided plenty of pillowy middle. To give our wedges character, we tossed the spuds with our favorite pantry spices (and a little cornstarch for extra crunch). The result is toasty, salty oven fries so easy to make and versatile to flavor that you can bake them fresh whenever you feel like it.

Before You Begin

Be sure to use potatoes of a similar size and cut them into even wedges so all of the fries cook at the same rate.

Instructions

Adjust toaster oven rack to lowest position and heat oven to 450 degrees. Coat bottom of small rimmed baking sheet with 2 tablespoons oil.

Toss potatoes, cornstarch, salt, pepper, garlic powder, and remaining 1 tablespoon oil together in bowl. Arrange potatoes in single layer, cut sides down, on prepared sheet and roast until deep golden brown and crisp, 30 to 35 minutes, rotating sheet and flipping potatoes halfway through roasting. Serve.