I've added sweet potato to my latkes some years - maybe 1/4 sweet to white? Nice touch without really changing the character of latkes. I'm really looking forward to trying this method...I usually put my latkes in the oven to stay warm on a cookie-rack lined sheet pan after pan frying, but I HATE that the house smells of frying oil for days afterwards. Hoping this method helps with this. I have found that taking the filters from my exhaust fan and running them through the dishwasher right afterwards helps, along with deep cleaning all surfaces of and around the stove (including the bottom of the microwave/exhaust fan!). Maybe the oven method will reduce the after-cooking clean-up? We'll see. It'll definitely reduce the cleanup, but you'll still smell the oil - be sure to run your oven's exhaust fan on high, Nancy, that helps. PJH

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