Cooking : Barb's Fried Green Tomatoes with Zesty Sauce

Ingredients
1 cup potato flakes
36 thin wheat crackers (such as Wheat Thins�)
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup butter-flavored granules (such as Butter Buds�)
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/2 cup butter flavored shortening (such as Crisco�)
5 green tomatoes, cut into 1/2-inch thick slices
3 eggs, beaten
1/4 cup buttermilk ranch dressing
1/4 cup sour cream
2 tablespoons hot pepper sauce (such as Frank's RedHot�)

Directions
Place potato flakes, wheat crackers, flour, butter-flavored granules, salt, and pepper into a food processor. Pulse until the crackers are finely crushed, then transfer mixture to a bowl.
Melt the butter flavored shortening in a skillet over medium-high heat. Dip the tomato slices one at a time into the eggs, then the cracker mixture. Pan fry the tomatoes in the shortening until golden brown on both sides, 7 to 10 minutes.
Mix the ranch dressing, sour cream, and hot pepper sauce in a bowl. Serve the fried tomatoes with topped with the sauce.