Potato Pancakes

The other night my wife was out of town for a seminar and it was just Em and I for dinner, so I gave her the choice of what to have for dinner. When Em was younger, she would get a kick out of having breakfast items for dinner, so I offered pancakes as a choice ans she immediately replied, "How about Potato Pancakes?" I was surprised because I didn't know she had ever had Potato Pancakes. It turns out when Mom and Em visited Aunt Dorothy they had Potato Pancakes and Em really liked them. So I tried to make the pancakes to Em's liking. She stated they weren't exactly like Aunt Dorothy's but she really liked them.

POTATO PANCAKES

4 large potatoes, shredded
1 large onion, shredded
1 egg beaten
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoons flour
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
2 cups oil for frying

1. Shred potatoes and onion. (I used a food processor and it worked very well.)
2. Press excess water out of the potato-onion mixture.
3. Combine the egg, salt, pepper and flour with the potato-onion mixture.
4. Heat 1/4 inch of oil in a frying pan over medium high heat. Drop two or three 1/3 cup mounds into the hot oil and flatten down to 1/2 inch thickness. Fry, turning once, until golden brown.
5. Serve with applesauce and sour cream.

ENJOY!