To make one batch of hash browns that could serve four to six people, we turned to the oven and a rimmed baking sheet. We found that shredded starchy potatoes made tough, chewy hash browns, so to keep them crispy and creamy, we used only moderately starchy Yukon Gold potatoes and quickly soaked the raw shreds in water to remove excess surface starch. We also wrung out the potatoes in a dish towel to eliminate excess moisture that would inhibit browning. Then, to avoid a stuck-on mess, we greased the baking sheet with vegetable oil spray. Packing the shreds down on the sheet flattened them together into a potato cake, not hash browns, so we lightly distributed them in an even layer on the sheet to keep the integrity of the shreds. A 450-degree oven was hot enough to crisp the top and bottom of the hash browns, but not so hot that the top and bottom browned before the middle cooked through. Instead of a complicated flipping procedure, we simply flipped sections of the hash browns with a