Our Favorite Potato Pancakes

Total Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 6 medium potatoes
• 2 eggs
• 1 small onion, grated
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 tablespoon flour
• shortening

Recipe

• 1 peel and shred potatoes.
• 2 (should be 3 cups shredded) in a large bowl, beat eggs; stir in potatoes, onions and spices.
• 3 sprinkle flour over top and stir in.
• 4 melt enough shortening in a large heavy fry pan (about 1/4 inch deep) and heat.
• 5 measure out about 1/4 cup potato mixture for each pancake.
• 6 flatten slightly to make a thin pancake.
• 7 fry slowly, turning once, 3 to 5 minutes, or until crisp and golden.