Sweet Cheese Latkes

Name: Sweet Cheese Latkes
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: 1 8-ounce container quark cheese; 3 tablespoons sugar; ¼ cup milk; 2 eggs; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; ⅔ cup all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon baking powder; ½ teaspoon kosher salt; Butter; Garnish: silan

Jamie Geller • Nov 30, 2018 (Updated: Aug 20, 2019)Comment Jump to Recipe

The original latkes were actually made from cheese!!! They’re kind of like breakfast pancakes, but so light and fluffy and delish.

Sweet Cheese Latkes

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 10

Total Time 20

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Ingredients

1 8-ounce container quark cheese
3 tablespoons sugar
¼ cup milk
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
⅔ cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon kosher salt
Butter
Garnish: silan

Instructions

Whisk together cheese, sugar, milk, eggs and vanilla, in a mixing bowl, until fully and incorporated.
Add flour, baking powder and salt and gently mix into wet ingredients until incorporated.
Heat a nonstick pan on medium-low heat. Coat with a bit of butter.
Drop ¼ cup batter into the hot pan.
Flip when bottom begins to form a crust and you can see the middle of the pancake is cooked, then cook 2 minutes more.
Serve with a drizzle of silan or dollop of sour cream, if desired.

Category: RecipesSide Dishes

Cuisine: Jewish

Holidays: Hanukkah

Diets: DairyVegetarian

Styles: Stovetop

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