Pancake Dinner

I know — such a buzzkill that mom has to go ahead and add shredded vegetables to the latkes. But how else am I supposed to justify potato pancakes being the only thing on the dinner plate?

Simple Potato Latkes
Adapted from Faye Levy’s
International Jewish Cookbook

Grate 3 large russet potatoes and 1 small onion in a food processer using the shredding disk. Drain in a colander and add to a large mixing bowl with 1 egg, 2 tablespoons flour, 1/2 teaspoon baking powder, a handful of shredded carrots and zucchini if your kids will stand for it (recipe still works if you omit), salt and pepper to taste. (I go heavy on salt.) Fry large dollops of the mix in vegetable oil (flattening with a spoon) for about 4 minutes a side and serve warm with sour cream and apple sauce.

PS: Lemony Snicket’s The Latke Who Couldn’t Stop Screaming: A read-aloud hit in Phoebe’s third-grade classroom yesterday.

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12 Comments

Melissa at Dyno-mom

Recipe looks great–I love latkes. Will try them out Friday night. But the pic confuses me. It looks like a kid sitting on the counter with a knife precariously sitting close at hand. Is that what we are looking at? Or are the knife, kid and Cuisinart in the floor? Maybe the perspective is skewed.

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jenny

No, you got it right. I was using the knife to cut up an onion nearby and put it down to take the pic. But even so, I’m starting to teach the girls how to use knives safely — they are 7 and 8, so old enough to learn some basics.

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Kate

Made these Thursday night – loved them and will be making them again. Am guessing I’ll do even better with them the 2nd go ’round. (Was a little uncertain about doneness and amt. of oil this time.)

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Joanna @ simple+homemade

These sound soooo good. My mom used to make latkes all the time when I was growing up – completely forgot about them until now. I have to try this recipe tonight! Perhaps my daughter who only eats green vegetables and will only touch a potato in a french fry form will be willing to try these….thank you for posting!

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Sarah

Omg I need this in my tummy immediately. I haven’t had latkes since elementary school but I remember LOVING them.

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Sherri

I make left over mashed potatoes into pancakes. Form a heaping spoonful into a patty shape, dust with flour and fry in butter…..delicious and reuses the mashed potatoes!

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Awads

Any sense of how many pancakes you can get out of this recipe? thinking of making some for my son’s class holiday party. thanks!

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