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Crispy Mashed Potato Cakes takes 10 minutes to prepare.

Crispy Mashed Potato Cakes takes 20 minutes to cook.

Crispy Mashed Potato Cakes makes 8 servings.

The ingredients for Crispy Mashed Potato Cakes are:

2 lbs. potatoes
1/2 c. low-fat cream cheese
2 tbsp. sour cream
2 scallions, finely chopped
2 tsp. lemon zest
1 egg, beaten
1 tbsp. olive oil
1 tbsp. butter
salt and pepper to taste

Here is how you make Crispy Mashed Potato Cakes:

Cut up the potatoes and steam until tender. Transfer the potatoes to a bowl. Soften cream cheese in a microwavable bowl and microwave the cream cheese for 20 seconds on high. Ass to the potatoes along with sour cream, scallions, zest, egg, salt and pepper, to taste. Mash potatoes to combine mixture.Heat oil and butter in nonstick skillet over medium heat. Drop 2-inch mounds of potatoes into skillet and gently press down to flatten a bit. Crisp potatoes until deeply golden on each side, about 7 to 8 minutes total. Mixture makes 8 golden cakes.Number of Servings: 8Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user POSALMON.

The nutritional information for Crispy Mashed Potato Cakes is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 8
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 162.3

• Total Fat: 7.2 g
• Cholesterol: 40.2 mg
• Sodium: 72.1 mg
• Total Carbs: 19.9 g
• Dietary Fiber: 2.1 g
• Protein: 4.8 g

The dietary needs meet for Crispy Mashed Potato Cakes is Vegetarian