Gail's Lanacashire Style Potato Cakes

Preparation

• 1
  Mash the potatoes up with the salt, pepper, butter and flour until you have a nice firm mixture
• 2
  Flour the top of your work surface and turn out the mixture onto it.... knead it to pull it all together
• 3
  Roll the mixture out until it is about 1/2 an inch thick
• 4
  Use a large cookie cutter to cut into rounds- keep going until you've used all of the mixture
• 5
  Fry the rounds in a hot, greased frying pan for about 5 minutes each side
• 6
  Serve hot with lashings of salty butter- great for breakfast!