Holiday Recipes
January 12, 2023
Latkes
Ingredients:
- 1 lb of Potatoes (about 2)
- 1 large Onion
- 2 Eggs
- ½ cup of flour
- 2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp pepper
- Oil for frying
Directions:
- Grate the potatoes and onions and use a tea towel to squeeze out as much moisture as possible
- Put the potato and onion mixture in a bowl. Add the eggs, flour, baking powder, salt, and pepper and mix until all the flour is incorporated.
- Heat about a ¼ cup of oil in a medium pan over medium high heat. When the oil is hot, drop heaping tablespoons of the mixture into the pan cooking in batches. Flatten the mixture into discs using a spatula and flip after 5 minutes. Cook for another 5 minutes and then put the latkes on a plate with a paper towel to soak up the leftover oil.
Peppermint Hot Chocolate
Ingredients:
- ~⅛ tsp Peppermint Extract
- Chocolate Syrup
- Milk
- Marshmallows
- Peppermint stick
Directions:
- Heat the milk in a saucepan or a mug in the microwave.
- Stir in the chocolate syrup and peppermint extract (abt 1/8 tsp) to taste
- Garnish with marshmallows and a peppermint stick (and anything else you’d like!)