Grandmas Potato Pancakes

Grandmas Potato Pancakes without flour aka Potato Latkes is a recipe my grandma made during the great depression. It was one of my mom's best recipes. Cheap and easy.

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Grandmas Potato Pancakes

Most of us know potato pancakes from our childhood days. In almost every country, it's prepared differently.

This recipe is very simple but polish potato pancakes are a simple delicacy that everyone flocked to grandma’s house for.

Potato pancakes were one of my mom's most requested dishes. It took a while to get this recipe just right because my mom measured in handfuls.

My hands are a little larger than hers were, lol. When we go home, we each had a job. I would peel the potatoes, my husband would grate them, and mom would mix them up and fry them.

They can be served with jelly as I eat them, sour cream as my husband eats them or applesauce as my dad ate them.

My mom never added the onion but I think it gives the potato pancakes more flavor.

The potato pancakes can also be made with frozen hash browns or mashed potatoes. Check out our Air Fryer Mashed Potato Cakes for a greaseless calorie meal.

Looking for more of Grandma's recipes? Try the Instant Pot Chicken Soup recipe for an easy one-pot meal.

Potato Latkes Ingredients

Potatoes
Egg
Onion, chopped
Oil or crisco, for frying
Salt and pepper, to taste
Jelly, Sour Cream or Applesauce (optional)

How to Make Polish Potato Pancakes

1. Shred your potatoes using a potato grater

or cheese grater

2. Place the shredded potato in a square of muslin or cheesecloth

and squeeze out over the sink to rid the potatoes of excess moisture. (To rid the potatoes of starch, you can place them in water for 30 minutes and repeat the straining process, but this is personal preference.)

3. Combine the shredded potato, egg and chopped onion in a medium-sized bowl

4. Heat the oil in a large frying pan

or dutch oven

over medium-high heat.

5. Flatten a ½ cup of the shredded potato mixture in the palm of your hands and carefully add to the oil. Repeat so that you have 3-4 potato latkes cooking at the same time.

6. Fry for about 2 minutes (until golden) before flipping the latkes carefully using metal tongs

. Fry until completely golden and remove to a paper towel-lined plate to drain excess oil.

7. Repeat with remaining potato mixture.

8. Makes approximately 20 latkes.

9. Enjoy with jelly, sour cream or applesauce.

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