I had leftover garlic mashed so I used those and left out the corn syrup. These were EXCELLENT with a little ketchup. My three year old ate 3 by himself! (can't beat fried mashed potatoes!)
We used left-over mashed potatoes from Christmas dinner for this recipe. They had a very pasty consistency and a sweet taste that didn't seem right so next time we will omit the flour 1 egg and the corn syrup.
I made these for my family last night and was delighted with the results -- within seconds they were completely gone! I have yet to find a snack which required such little prep time and which yielded such amazing responses from my family! Thank you Ellen for making dinner fun again!
My family absoultely hated these potato cakes they didn't look bad but they just tasted awful!!!
OUTstanding...if you had problems with the recipe it might be because you were recycling mashed potatoes that had lost some water. Also I used more oil in the cooking process...about one inch deep at 350 degrees. Other than that I followed the recipe to the letter....LOVE IT!
Being of German decent I always look for "Potato" Pancakes. Ellen's caught my eye; glad it did. Great recipes however I made a slight change to it. Instead of using 1 cup milk I increased it to 1-1/2 cup to make the mixture thinner. At first I feared one onion would be too much but after the pancakes were fried we tasted only a hint of onion - just enough to add some zest to the recipe. Thanks Ellen for sharing this recipe with AllRecipe readers. God bless you.
This was a big disappointment. The pancakes were extremely doughy and heavy and didn't have much appeal with the family. But at least we used up the leftover mashed potatoes!
Loved these thought they were a great use for some leftover mashed potatoes I had in the fridge. I used my garlic mashed potatoes and served them with honey butter.
Highly recommend for using left over mashed potatoes. They were quick easy and tasted great!