This is a great way to start off a cold winter morning, or any morning where hunger rules. These are much closer to hash browns than a battered pancake, but they go a little further than plain old hash browns.

Ingredients:

4 med. potatoes
1 med yellow onion
1 large egg, lightly beaten
2 tbsp. breadcrumbs
1/2 tomato, finely diced
cilantro
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp cayenne

Optional:
1/4 cup real bacon bits
1/2 cup crumbled pan sausage (precooked)

     Grate finely the potatoes and onion, dice tomato, drain off the liquid from bowl. Beat and add egg, add breadcrumbs, chopped cilantro, salt and cayenne. Add pre-cooked bacon bits or crumbled sausage if adding. Heat 1 tbsp butter on a wide skillet at moderate heat, drop 4 heaping tablespoons onto hot skillet to make 4 pancakes. Cook until browned, flip and brown other side. Place under towel to keep warm. Add more butter and continue until the mixture is consumed. Serve hot. Serves 4 (or fewer).
     As a party breakfast, I recommend an 8X batch or greater. A food processor is highly recommended. This is a great recipe for first breakfast serving (when there are several breakfast servings) where the pancakes can be served as the people begin rising. Snooze and you lose.