Sweet Potato Latkes

By Carynz

Ingredients

• 1 large sweet potato,pee;ed and grated
• 1/2 onion,grated
• 2 eggs
• 1/4 tsp black pepper
• 2 tsp olive oil or more if needed
• 1 ?2 tsp salt
• 1 cup applesauce
• 1 cup plain nonfat yogurt

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 200. Line a baking sheet with paper towels. Fill a bowl with lightly salted waste.
Rinse grated sweet potato in water and drain in a sieve. Pat sweet potato dry with paper towels,then place in a bowel.(squeeze out excess moisture)
Squeeze excess moisture from grated onion and place in bowl with sweet potato. Stir eggs and pepper into mixture until well combined. 'Heat oil in a nonstick pan over medium heat until it shimmers,and spoon about 1 heaping Tbs of the mix into hot oil. Flatten patties with a fork and fry until golden brown and crisp on the bottom 5-8 min. Sprinkle with salt and then set patties on baking sheet in preheated oven while finishing the rest of the latkes. Stir potato mix before cooking each batch of patties. Serve hot with applesauce and yogurt.