Low Fat Latkes For Hanukkah Food

LOW FAT LATKES FOR HANUKKAH

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
• Drain potato to remove most liquid but do not squeeze. Place shredded potato and onion in the work bowl of a food processor. Add remaining ingredients.
• Pulse just until ingredients are mixed well and the potatoes are grated, not pureed.
• Spray muffin tins with cooking spray. Then, using a pastry brush, brush each cup with vegetable oil. This helps to make crispy latkes. Fill each cup 1/3 full for large muffin tin and 3/4 full for small cups.
• Bake on a middle rack 30-45 minutes (depending on the muffin tin size) until puffed and golden brown. Remove from oven and turn latkes onto a baking pan and serve immediately.
• You may hold latkes until serving time or freeze them for later use. If I do this, I under cook them just a bit till golden, but not browned. Then I return them in the baking pan to a preheated 425 degree oven and bake 10 minutes until crisp.

BAKED POTATO LATKES

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients. Preheat the oven to 450 F.
• Peel, cut, and shred the potatoes and onion, using either a grater or a food processor.
• Place a large cookie sheet in the hot oven.
• Place the shredded potatoes and onion in a colander, and using the back of a spoon, squeeze out as much excess moisture as you can. (You can also put the mixture in a clean dish towel and squeeze.)
• Transfer the mixture to a large bowl. Add the flour, egg whites, and black pepper, and combine well with a fork.
• Remove the cookie sheet from the oven and coat with nonstick cooking spray.
• Place 2- to 2 1/2-inch flattened rounds of the potato mixture on the hot cookie sheet, spacing them apart.
• Return the cookie sheet to the oven and cook for 7 to 8 minutes on each side, until the latkes are crisp and golden.
• Serve hot with sour cream and applesauce and enjoy.