Liz's Lefse
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- Number of Servings: 48
Ingredients
7 pounds of potatoes (approx. 30 small ones)5 tbsp butter4 tbsp Crisco1/8 cup sugarSmall amount of milk, if needed. (It will depend on how much moisture is in the potatoes.)2 1/2 cups flour (plus flour for prepping)
Cook, but do not overcook, the potatoes.
In a large bowl, drain and mash potatoes will all but the flour. After mashing, rice and cool the potatoes (usually in the fridge overnight).
Add about 2 1/2 cups flour to riced potatoes, mix, then knead until not too sticky to roll out. Use an ice cream scoop to make balls of dough. Put on floured cookie sheet and refrigerate.
Roll out each ball separately on cloth-covered, floured board with a sleeve-covered lefse rolling pin (one with grooves) until the dough is very thin.
Bake on grill (lefse grill works best) until bubbles appear; flip once and bake the other side; about a minute each side. There should be light brown spots across both sides.
Place between cloths to cool.
Serving Size: Makes 48 pieces of lefse
Number of Servings: 48
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JANSINA18.
In a large bowl, drain and mash potatoes will all but the flour. After mashing, rice and cool the potatoes (usually in the fridge overnight).
Add about 2 1/2 cups flour to riced potatoes, mix, then knead until not too sticky to roll out. Use an ice cream scoop to make balls of dough. Put on floured cookie sheet and refrigerate.
Roll out each ball separately on cloth-covered, floured board with a sleeve-covered lefse rolling pin (one with grooves) until the dough is very thin.
Bake on grill (lefse grill works best) until bubbles appear; flip once and bake the other side; about a minute each side. There should be light brown spots across both sides.
Place between cloths to cool.
Serving Size: Makes 48 pieces of lefse
Number of Servings: 48
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JANSINA18.
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 118.8
- Total Fat: 2.3 g
- Cholesterol: 3.2 mg
- Sodium: 25.6 mg
- Total Carbs: 22.2 g
- Dietary Fiber: 2.7 g
- Protein: 2.5 g
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