Potato Latkes

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 6 large potatoes, peeled
• 1 large onion
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• salt, to taste
• pepper, to taste
• 1 pinch sugar
• flour (enough to hold ingredients together, you'll be able to tell when you've added enough)
• crisco shortening

Recipe

• 1 cut peeled potatoes into chunks and chop in food processor.
• 2 cut onions into chunks and chop in food processor.
• 3 mix potatoes and onions together in a colander over a large bowl.
• 4 allow to drain.
• 5 pour mixture into a large bowl and add beaten eggs, salt, pepper, baking powder, sugar, and a tablespoon of flour at-a-time until mixture holds together.
• 6 mix well.
• 7 in a fry pan, melt shortening.
• 8 you'll need about 1/8".
• 9 spoon heaping tablespoons of the mixture into the oil.
• 10 flatten each spoonful with the back of the spoon to make thin latkes.
• 11 fry until the edges turn a dark brown.
• 12 flip over to fry the other side.
• 13 drain on a paper towel.
• 14 serve with apple sauce and/or sour cream.