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Lefse

Lefse is a traditional Norwegian pastry made with potatoes, butter, cream and flour. With some sugar thrown in, these homemade pastries are the perfect holiday treats!

Prep Time
35 mins
Cook Time
35 mins
Total Time
50 mins
Servings: 1 batch
Calories: 307 kcal
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Norwegian

Ingredients

  • 8 c. red potatoes about 5lbs
  • ½ c. butter
  • ½ c. heavy cream
  • 2 T. sugar
  • pinch of salt
  • 3 c. flour

Instructions

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  1. Peel and boil potatoes with salt until soft when poked with a fork. Drain and mash. Rice the potatoes with a ricer into a large bowl to eliminate any lumps.
  2. In a sauce pan melt butter, cream, sugar and salt together. Do not boil.
  3. Using a hand mixer, beat potatoes together with melted ingredients.
  4. Cool and cover with a dish towel to absorb moisture while cooling. (Dolores often put her bowl in a North Dakota snowbank to cool!)
  5. After potatoes have cooled, knead in flour with hands until thoroughly combined. Form dough into balls somewhere between golf ball and tennis ball size.
  6. Work with 6-10 dough balls at a time. Refrigerate the rest until ready to roll them. The warmer the dough, the stickier and more difficult to work with.
  7. Dolores uses cotton drill cloth from a fabric store stretched over a large board about 30×20 inches as her rolling surface dusted in with lots of flour. With a notched rolling pin covered in a non-stick fabric sleeve, roll out balls one at a time into thin circles.
  8. Have lefse griddle very hot. Shimmy lefse stick under rolled out dough. Place onto griddle for 20-30 seconds until it starts to bubble. Using stick, flip it over. Cook for 5-10 more seconds. Important not to overcook. It may not look fully cooked.
  9. Place each cooked lefse between two cotton dish towels to hold heat and moisture until finished with the entire batch.
  10. To serve, fold cooked lefse piece in half. Butter the half circle and sprinkle with sugar. From the rounded edge, fold one inch at a time until reaching straight edge. Cut into sections and serve. Keep leftovers covered to prevent drying.
  11. Unbuttered pieces can be refrigerated or frozen.

Notes

  • the recipe box of Dolores Johnson

Nutrition Information

Serving 1 Calories 307kcal (15%) Carbohydrates 48g (16%) Protein 6g (12%) Fat 10g (15%) Saturated Fat 6g (30%) Polyunsaturated Fat 3g Cholesterol 27mg (9%) Sodium 80mg (3%) Fiber 3g (12%) Sugar 4g (8%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 1batch

Amount Per Serving

Calories 307

% Daily Value*

Serving 1
Calories 307kcal 15%
Carbohydrates 48g 16%
Protein 6g 12%
Fat 10g 15%
Saturated Fat 6g 30%
Polyunsaturated Fat 3g 18%
Cholesterol 27mg 9%
Sodium 80mg 3%
Fiber 3g 12%
Sugar 4g 8%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.