Parmesan Garlic Roasted Baby Potatoes

Since I foremost prefab these potatoes a few months ago, I've been making them at lowest formerly a period for my kin. They are a halcyon combination of scrumptious, loose, and flushed. 

A crunchy, cheesy impudence lends shining savor and texture that everyone lovesThis sluttish method has been around for geezerhood, and I can't be sure where it originated.

INGREDIENTS :

• 1/4 teaspoon paprika
• 1/2 cup finely grated Parmesan cheese with a sand consistency (don't use shredded or Microplaned Parmesan cheese)
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
• 3/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 1/2 lbs baby potatoes, halved (1.5-2 inch diameter; approx 20-22 potatoes)
• FOR DIPPING (optional)
• sour cream or Greek yogurt (or a half-and-half mixture)
• chopped scallions or chives

INSTRUCTIONS :

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. 
2. In dwarfish bowlful, have grated cheese, flavoring pulverisation, paprika, oregano, restrainer, and flavourer, stimulating with subfigure until mixed.
3. Crowd olive oil into 9x13 provide hot provide. Tilt activity around until olive oil evenly coats whole nethermost. 
4. Carefully and evenly watering cheese intermixture over undersurface of pan. (Don't shitting it in and then try to dispersion it out. Formerly it touches the olive oil, it becomes almost hopeless to distribute the cheeseflower out evenly--it gift sound. It entirety alter to shower tardily and evenly over the uncastrated layer so that no wide is needed.) 
5. Coiffe potatoes in a uninominal stratum, cut support downwards, on top of mallow aggregation. Exhort hair to underwrite potatoes are housing and in communication with cheeseflower place. 
6. Bake for 30-40 minutes, or until cheeseflower is browned and potatoes are fleecy when pressed or punctured with angle. Shift from oven and lose potatoes to relief in pan for 5 transactions. Shift potatoes from pan using a gnomish spatula, state conscientious to protect the mallow layer intact on the cut opinion of vine. (Use a sliver cutlery to cut mallow between the potatoes, if essential.) 
7. Concur on delivery platter mallow sidelong up. Serve with sourish withdraw or Grecian yoghourt, (or a half-and-half foodstuff) sprinkled with shredded scallions or chives, if wanted.