29 Reviews of Potato Pancakes

From: karen in tbay

On Oct 15, 2003

AWESOME - even better cold. Did not do the egg wash as batter seemed a bit runny - could not shape into rounds but rather just spooned right onto the pan. Next time will add more flour I guess to make more firm. Did not flip and bottoms nice brown but top surface did not brown probably from omitting the egg wash! Held together great when removed from pan. Great breakfast munchie so would be great lunch appetizer. Definitely Definitely a make again.

From: Lennie

On Oct 14, 2002

I had leftover mashed potatoes after my Thanksgiving dinner and was looking for something different to do with them other than just fry them up; this was the perfect solution for the day-after-Thanksgiving dinner. These were wonderful! They were so easy to prepare, and I like that they are baked rather than fried. I used my potato masher to combine all the ingredients, as I wanted to make sure no lumps of cold mashed potatoes remained. Unfortunately, I had to omit the onions (or else my son wouldn't have eaten them), but I sauted two large cloves of garlic as a substitute. I will definitely make these again!

From: TiaGem

On Sep 22, 2003

THIS is the recipe I have been wanting for potato pancakes!!! 3 onions seemed like a lot to me, but they came out great. I love that they are baked-less mess and less fat-and they really come out like pancakes when they are done. Marvelous!

From: PanNan

On Apr 25, 2004

I had about 2 cups left over mashed potatoes, so I adjusted all the quantities, and I only used 1 large onion. I browned the potato pancakes in butter on both sides before putting in the oven for about 10 - 15 minutes. They were delicious. They had a nice brown crust, and soft, savory center. The onion and seasoning was just right. We will make these again when we have left over mashed potatoes. Thanks for posting!

From: Melany *

On Nov 19, 2002

a great way to use up leftover mashed potatoes! i added a little basil, garlic, and onion salt. BF says they're the best potato pancakes he's ever had s

From: Fluffy

On May 22, 2005

These were very good. I really liked the idea of baking instead of frying. I sprayed the baking pan well with non stick cooking spray but they still seemed to stick a bit. Next time I will grease the pan with oil to see if that makes a difference. I had to turn on the broiler because they didn't seem to be browning at all. I am wondering if that is why they stuck to the pan. I will definitely be trying these again. Thanks Bev for a great recipe.

From: Boxerwing

On Jan 5, 2003

What a surprise! Incredibly delicious! I decreased the ingredients by 1/3 and added some minced garlic to the last minute of onion cooking time. These were so good, I ate some for breakfast (I'm kind of weird) and they were even great cold. Terrific recipe!

From: CJJohnson

On Sep 10, 2005

Ummm, I questioned the three "large" onions (the big ones from my garden weigh about 1.5 pounds) so I went with 3 smaller onions (a little over 2 cups chopped). My toddler loves fried onions but I have to fry them longer then 3 minutes... so I switched the butter to canola oil. My Tabasco original hasn't been opened so I used a a generous amount of chipolte Tabasco instead. Terrific. My pancake batter also turned out soupy (I'm thinking because my mashed potatoes were also a little on the wet side) so I cooked them in muffin tins, the recipe filled 24 tins a 1/2 inch up. They smelled phenominal while in the oven, brought my husband down from "sleeping in" and had him actually set the table for breakfast.... for this fact alone I feel as if 5 stars is the correct rating. The teflon muffin tins helped with 2 previously mentioned problems. The sides and bottom browned nicely (top a little, if I had used the broiler at the end I could have gotten itall browned) And they didn't stick, not even a little bit. We are condiment junkies, the normal apple sauce and sour cream were unavaiable... so we tried ketchup, Frank's hot sauce, other "hotter" hot sauce, ranch dressing, and sea salt, in variing combinations. I really enjoyed mine best with sea salt and Frank's. Junior perfered ketchup or ranch. And Hubby had a weird mixture of hot sauces and ketchup. All in all terrific... my 15 month old got some vegi's, my hubby ate low fat and liked it, and I used up my left over potatoes!!! Life doesn't get any better.

From: ~Leanne~

On Nov 12, 2003

This is a great way to use up left over mashed potatoes, I agree with everybody else. I am now switching from my mothers recipe to yours. Absolutely delicious.

From: pgserver6

On Jan 28, 2004

What a great way to prepare leftover mashed potatos! I only used 2 onions cause that's all I had but next time I make them, I'll use 3. I loved the idea of baking them instead of frying! Thanks to you, Bev, the next time I make mashed potatos, I'll deliberately make too many!