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[Teresa]

DD Samantha called me, and was upset - she'd gone to a restaurant, seen that Potato Pancakes were on the menu and ordered them. They're nothing like mine - they were shredded and FRIED!
So, here's my "recipe" of sorts - what's yours?

Using left over mashed potatoes - doesn't matter if they were instant or "real" or even how much there is, as long as it's at least a small bowl full
cook a chopped onion in some butter until translucent
Add to the potatoes.
Add:
one egg, some flour, some milk, and some salt and pepper
vary the flour and milk until you have something similar to thick pancake batter (I told Samantha cake batter, since she's never made pancakes)
cook on a lightly oiled griddle or skillet. The first one is almost always a "throw away" but after that, they're all keepers.

[eff051102]

Those look . My DM used to make Sweet Potato Pancakes and they were
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[crystalloubear]

Around here, its usually the shredded fried kind. They're ok. I got the ones likes you are talking about on vacation - they used them as the base layer of eggs benedict instead of the english muffin - yummy! Never tried to make them myself though.

[WDWfan]

I like any kind of potato pancake! I don't really have a recipe. I just add an egg to left over mashed potatoes and season them to taste. Usually using seasoned salt and pepper, but onions, garlic or anything else that sounds good in the cabinet may end up in them. Sometimes I throw in some cheese. I either fry them in a skillet that has been sprayed with nonstick spray - or the other day I made them on the grill. I sprayed some aluminum foil with nonstick spray and put a few dollops of potatoes on the foil. I didn't flip them, just let them get nice and krispy. They were and I didn't have to clean the stove or skillet!

[Ceara's mawmaw]

I do mine exactly like you do yours and they are delish............I make too much mashed potatoes just to be able to make potatoe pancakes the next night......yummy....

[Belle*]

Potato pancakes around here (also called latkes) are shredded and friend and served with either sour cream or apple sauce. I have made mashed potato pancakes but that's what I refer to them as - mashed potato pancakes.

[jjj6689]

Originally Posted by Belle*

Potato pancakes around here (also called latkes) are shredded and friend and served with either sour cream or apple sauce. I have made mashed potato pancakes but that's what I refer to them as - mashed potato pancakes.

I have only made the mashed potato kind. I have tried to make latkes for the boys after we read about them - but they either just fall apart or taste to floury.

[minemoz1]

The shredded fried kind are the ones my Polish mother taught me how to make. Served with lots of salt and sour cream I never did like the mashed.

[stretch2864]

Does anybody have the recipe for Potato Pancakes from the Betty Crocker cookbook? I can't find mine, and that is my favorite recipe.

[Carousel96]

My mom's were usually the shredded fried kind. Though she never called them latkes. Like Belle, the others were "mashed potato pancakes"
My brother makes the BEST latkes, but he doesn't use a recipe -- just wings it -- so I can't replicate them and have to eat them at his house.

[llgmommy]

I make them w/ left over mashed potato too. my Gram taught me how to make them some times I add some shredded cheese and bacon bits in there too.

[disney]

i've always made potato pancakes/ latkas , i use the old jewish way compliments of grams and my mom .
potatoes
onion
salt pepper
matzoh meal
and using the finest part of the grater grating the potatoes and onions by hand no cheating using the food processor. lol add eggs and salt pepper and matzoh meal
mix well then fry it and eat with apple sauce .
i tried once and added a sweet potato but did not like the taste .
as per measurments i never use them it is all by eye for the last 10 years of me making it . good luck and enjoy this.

[rella]

I usually make these for Mardi Gras...1 lb bag of shredded hash brown potatoes, 1 diced red bell pepper..mix together. In a small bowl beat 3 eggs, 1 cup parmesan cheese and 1 tbs of herbs du provence and s & p to taste...add to potato mixture. Heat 3 tbs olive oil in large skillet...add a scant 1/4 cup of potatoes...flatten down......fry for 2 - 3 minutes on each side until golden brown (cook about 4 at a time) transfer to paper towel to drain then to cookie sheet and keep in a warm oven until finished with entire mixture. Garnish with shredded basil and serve with sour cream. rella