Good Old Fashioned Oven Fries

We like these because you can add any kind of seasoning you care for and they are less fattening than deep fried potatoes. We think we can eat them more often! J

Ingredients:

3 russet or Yukon potatoes
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 teaspoon kosher salt
Naughty Nelly's Deadly Twelve Pepper Blend or a few cranks of the peppermill, to taste

Preparation:

There are some options in this part of the recipe. First, as always, scrub your potatoes and decide whether or not you want to peel them. Then decide if you want to cut the potatoes into wedges or fries. If you want wedges, quarter the potatoes lengthwise and cut each quarter in half again. For fries, cut the potato into ¼ inch slices and cut the slices into ¼ inch fries. Put cut potatoes into cold running water until they water runs clean. Hold them in water until you are ready to bake your fries.

Preheat your oven to 425 degrees F. when it is time to bake the fries.  Dry them on clean lint free cloth or paper towels. Brush a large cookie sheet with one tablespoon of the olive oil, set aside.

Place the fries in a large bowl and add the remaining olive oil and the salt and Naughty Nelly's Deadly Twelve Pepper Blend. Toss to coat the fries thoroughly.

NOTE: Here instead of salt and pepper, you could add your favorite seasoning blend, Cajun, Montreal Steak Seasoning, Garlic salt, etc.

Place the oven fries onto the cookie sheet and cook in the center of the oven for about 25 minutes. Turn at least once during cooking time. Start checking for doneness around 20 minutes. Fries will cook faster than wedges.

When done, remove from the oven and put fries onto another sheet pan lined with paper towels or clean brown paper bags to drain for a minute, Serve at once.