Great No-grate Potato Pancakes

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 30 ounces frozen potatoes (country style shredded potatoes, only potatoes nothing else, 0 fat)
• 1 small onion, peeled and finely chopped
• 2 eggs, slightly beaten
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 1/4 teaspoons salt
• vegetable oil (for frying)

Recipe

• 1 pour potatoes into large bowl and thaw about 1 hour.
• 2 while still very cold add onion and egg's, stir in eggs until blended.
• 3 stir in baking powder, flour and salt.
• 4 heat some oil in frying pan over medium heat.
• 5 shape 1/2 cup in hand and place in oil, pack and shape gently with spatula.
• 6 cook 15 minutes on each side. i like to cook mine slowly to ensure potatoes are cooked and evenly browned. the less they are moved the less they tend to fall apart. check them gently every 5 minutes when browned evenly carefully flip them, repack with spatula and cook 15 minutes more.
• 7 drain on paper towel 1 minute.
• 8 transfer to warm serving dish (i like to keep mine in the oven set at 200°f).
• 9 do several at a time, don't overcrowd, you will need to do them in batches.
• 10 serve with sour cream, applesauce or gravy.