Potato Pancakes (Pictured above. Recipe makes 12-15 pancakes)
Ingredients:
- 6 medium potatoes
- 1 grated onion (very fine)
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tsp vegetable oil
- 1 1/2 tsp salt
- pepper to taste
- 1/2 cup flour
- 1/2 cup matza meal
- 1 tsp baking powder
Directions:
- Peel and grate potatoes in a mixing bowl and strain the liquid into another bowl.
- Let the liquid stand for a few minutes then pour away the juice allowing the potato starch to remain at the bottom.
- Add eggs to the starch and beat well.
- Add potatoes, onions and all other ingredients and mix thoroughly.
- Pour oil into frying pan (approx 1/4 inch to start and add more as as you cook).
- Bring to medium heat. (The pan is ready to go when water in the pan sizzles).
- Spoon 1 large cooking spoonful of batter onto pan and flatten into an oval.
- Cook until golden brown on each side.
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Blintze Souffle
Ingredients:
- 1/4 cup butter, melted
- 12 frozen cheese blintzes
- 6 eggs
- 1 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1/4 cup orange juice or 2 tablespoons orange juice concentrate
- cinnamon
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350° F .
- Melt butter in a 9x13 inch pan.
- Line blintzes in one layer in the pan.
- In a bowl, beat eggs. Add sour cream, sugar, vanilla, and orange juice.
- Pour egg mixture over the blintzes.
- Sprinkle lightly with cinnamon.
- Bake, uncovered, for 45 minutes, or until golden brown on top.
Jelly Donuts
Ingredients:
- 3 pkg dry yeast
- 1/4 cup warm water
- 3/4 cup milk
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup shortening
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 egg
- 3 1/2 cup flour
- oil for deep frying
- 1 carrot peeled
- Jelly for filling
- Powdered sugar
Directions:
- Place yeast, warm water, warm milk and sugar in a small bowl and stir to dissolve. Once yeast starts to bubble, pour the yeast mixture into a mixing bowl.
- Add shortening, egg and salt. Mix on low speed. Add flour slowly until dough is formed.
- Grease top of dough lightly and cover with plastic wrap. Let dough rise in a warm place for at least an hour.
- Roll dough into a rectangle, about 1/2 inch thick. Sprinkle with water and fold dough in half, creating a square.
- Cut out 2 1/2 inch circles using a round cookie cutter or rim of glass. Let doughnuts rise until they have doubled in size.
- Pour 10 cups of oil into a huge pot. Add the peeled carrot to prevent oil from burning and bring pot to a boil.
- Drop 2-3 donuts into the pot. Cover and cook for 5 minutes.
- Uncover and let fry for 3 minutes. Turn over and fry other side for 3 minutes. Remove using a slotted spoon.
- Make a slit on each side of donut. Use a pastry bag and squeeze a tsp of jelly into each doughnut.
- Sprinkle with powdered sugar while still warm.
