Best Norwegian Flat Bread Recipes

LEFSE- NORWEGIAN FLAT BREAD

Steps:

• Peel and cut potatoes. Boil in well salted water until soft. Use more salt than you normally would. You do not want to add salt once they are cooked as it will not dissolve as well.
• Drain well and return to pot. Steam for a few minutes to ensure all water has been evaporated.
• Measure out 4 cups of potatoes, packed well. Rice potatoes now while potatoes are still hot. You may have potatoes left over.
• Place riced potatoes in a plastic bowl with a good sealing lid. Add butter and milk and mash with a HAND masher. Do NOT use an electric mixer as it will get sticky.
• Allow to cool on the counter until potatoes are at room temperature then place several paper towels on top, seal tightly with the lid and place in the refrigerator overnight.
• Next day: Much easier to work with. Mix in flour and sugar and form into small balls. Now roll them out thin and flat using a rolling pin, preferably one with grooves and covered with a sock. You can just cut an old CLEAN sock and slide it over the rolling pin.
• Using a lefse stick or a long flat stick or long thin spatula roll the raw lefse around the stick and then unroll onto a HOT griddle (450 degrees) Flip once the first side starts to form bubbles and is lightly browned or freckled. Cook other side just until lightly browned.
• Using stick again remove lefse from griddle to a towel and place a towel on top to keep them warm and pliable.
• Eat warm or store in the refrigerator in a well sealed container lined with more paper towels. Can also be frozen with waxed paper between each lefse.

NORWEGIAN FLAT BREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl combine the whole wheat flour, all-purpose flour, oil, baking soda, and salt. Add enough buttermilk to make a stiff dough.
• Knead dough for 30 seconds on a well-floured surface.
• Cover dough to prevent drying. Roll 1/4 cup handfuls of dough into balls and pat into a flat circle. Using a rolling pin, flatten dough into 10 inch circles. Place onto ungreased cookie sheet. Score pieces into pie shapes by running a knife along but not through dough. Repeat process with remaining dough.
• Bake in a preheated 350 degree F (175 degrees C) oven for 8 to 10 minutes. Cool on wire rack briefly before breaking along scored lines.

NORWEGIAN FLAT BREAD

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400º.
• In large bowl combine whole wheat flour, sugar, butter and water. Let stand 5 minutes.
• Stir in all remaining ingredients using enough flour to make dough easy to handle.
• Turn dough onto lightly floured surface; knead until smooth (5 minutes).
• Divide dough in half; shape each half into 12x2 1/2 inch roll.
• Cut each roll into 12 portions.
• On lightly floured surface roll each portion to 1/8 inch thickness (flat breads will be irregular in shape).
• Place on cookie sheets.
• Bake 10 to 13 minutes or until golden brown.

NORWEGIAN FLAT BREAD (UNLEAVENED BREAD)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Stir flour and salt together in a bowl. Cut butter into flour mixture with a fork or pastry blender until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir milk into mixture and knead with hands to form dough.
• Turn dough out onto a lightly-floured work surface and roll to 1/4-inch thickness. Cut dough into sandwich-size pieces and poke each piece several times with a fork. Transfer slices to a baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until just golden brown, about 30 minutes.

NORWEGIAN FLAT BREAD

Steps:

• Mix corn meal, flour, and lard together and add enough cold water to hold together like a pie crust.
• Roll out very thin with grooven rolling pin and bake slowly on an ungreased electric griddle, or in a moderate oven, 325 to 350 degrees.
• Watch closely. When it begins to get a light golden brown, turn and bake on other side.
• Let dry out completely before putting into a container. Keep in a dry place.