Cowboy Butter Smashed Potatoes

Cowboy Butter Smashed Potatoes are boiled baby red potatoes, smashed, then generously brushed with cowboy butter, and baked until the edges are crispy. It may become one of your new favorite ways to serve potatoes! And, you can make these in an air fryer, too. The homemade compound butter is flavored with herbs and spices with a little bit of a kick of cayenne pepper.

• 2 ½ pounds baby red potatoes
• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 1 recipe cowboy butter, melted
• parsley, chopped (for garnish)
• salt, to taste

Cowboy butter

• ½ cup (1 stick / 113 g) unsalted butter, softened
• 1 tablespoon coarse Dijon Mustard
• 1 tablespoon fresh chives, chopped
• 1 tablespoon fresh parsley, chopped
• 2 teaspoons fresh thyme,
• 2 teaspoons garlic, minced
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• ½ teaspoon paprika
• ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
• ⅛ teaspoon pepper
• ⅛ teaspoon cayenne pepper
• ⅛ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes