POTATO PANCAKES - LATKES (LOW-FAT BAKED VERSION)

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These delicious low-fat potato pancakes or latkes are baked, not fried. A wonderful recipe to have on hand, especially if you're feeding a crowd or watching your fat intake. Best eaten while still warm from the oven; enjoy them with sour cream or applesauce, dusted with a little cinnamon sugar or jam, or accompanied with warm fruit compote (recipe included). Makes about 16 pancakes. Recipe from Parade Magazine.

Provided by BecR2400

Categories     Breakfast

Time 1h

Yield 16 pancakes

Number Of Ingredients 14

3 -4 russet potatoes (about 1 1/2 pounds)
1 medium onion
1 egg
salt and pepper
1 tablespoon milk
2 tablespoons oil
1 fresh pineapple (peeled, cored, quartered and sliced)
4 fresh oranges, in sections
1 cup pitted prunes
3/4 cup dry white wine
1/4 cup light brown sugar
1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
2 teaspoons grated orange zest

Steps:

  • Scrub potatoes; steam until almost tender. Plunge into cold water, then peel. Grate coarsely.
  • Grate onion; add.
  • Beat egg with salt, pepper, milk; add to potato-onion mixture.
  • Combine lightly.
  • Preheat oil on rimmed cookie sheet. Drop by tablespoonfuls onto sheet and flatten with back of spoon. Bake at 350F until bottoms brown, about 20 minutes. Turn and brown other side, about 15 minutes more.
  • Makes 16 pancakes. Serve with sour cream, applesauce, cinnamon sugar or jam, or with Baked Fruit Compote.
  • Make Baked Fruit Compote:.
  • Arrange pineapple slices, orange sections, and pitted prunes in a shallow 2-quart baking dish.
  • Pour wine over the fruit.
  • Combine brown sugar with spices and orange zest; sprinkle over fruit.
  • Cover and bake at 350F until pineapple is tender, about 45 minutes. Makes 10 servings.

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