Article: Make A better latke Less oil, different potatoes make latkes healthier.(Flavor/Gracious Living)(Recipe)

By Jim Romanoff

The Associated Press

Golden, fried latkes may be the traditional food of Hanukkah, beginning this year at sundown on Dec. 21, but nutritionally they offer little cause for celebration.

Classic versions of these savory potato pancakes usually are fried in as much as a cup of oil, a reference to the oil that kept the eternal flame burning in the temple of Jerusalem, but it is possible to make a crispy potato latke rich in symbolism but easy on the oil.

This recipe for oven-crisped golden potato latkes adds a short baking step to the standard pan frying method and yields results that are just as satisfying, with significantly less fat and fewer ...

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