Guest guest Posted December 8, 2005 Report Share Posted December 8, 2005 --- lefse looks like a tortilla but made from potatoes. our family likes it spread with real butter, sprinkled with sugar, and rolled up. my grandfather will drive hundreds of miles to get the good stuff but has since found out I have " the " family recipe. my great- grandma used to make it all the time but passed way 15+ years ago. when her family was cleaning out her house they tossed her cookbooks and her old Bible in trash can. being me--I scooped it all up because they were written in her handwriting and were much more valuable than the " stuff " people were fighting over : ). when I got married I found the recipe again and gave it a try and I am the official lefse-maker for the family. HOWEVER, one tradition that will die in my family is lutefisk and pickled herring--not happening in this house : ). will be making a huge batch this year again. I would give anything for a lefse pan but settle with an electric skillet which works just as well. lefse rolling pin helps and it's nothing more than a grooved rolling pin. Lefse: ~5 lbs potatoes (have used russet and Yukon gold), peeled 1/2 lb butter, softened sm amount of milk 1/2 c. sugar flour--start with 5 c. cook potatoes till tender, drain, and rice them (gives best texture). add butter, milk, and sugar. add flour and work in enough extra flour to make soft dough. flour work surface and turn dough out. break off a piece the size you would use to make rolls. roll out thin and cook on hot electric skillet till lightly browned on both sides. remove and butter them with little sugar and roll up. enjoy : )........... Anne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 8, 2005 Report Share Posted December 8, 2005 Anne - thank you so much! I can hardly wait to try this! :-) , " jandemommy " <jandemommy> wrote: > > --- lefse looks like a tortilla but made from potatoes. our family > likes it spread with real butter, sprinkled with sugar, and rolled > up. my grandfather will drive hundreds of miles to get the good > stuff but has since found out I have " the " family recipe. my great- > grandma used to make it all the time but passed way 15+ years ago. > when her family was cleaning out her house they tossed her cookbooks > and her old Bible in trash can. being me--I scooped it all up > because they were written in her handwriting and were much more > valuable than the " stuff " people were fighting over : ). when I got > married I found the recipe again and gave it a try and I am the > official lefse-maker for the family. HOWEVER, one tradition that > will die in my family is lutefisk and pickled herring--not happening > in this house : ). will be making a huge batch this year again. I > would give anything for a lefse pan but settle with an electric > skillet which works just as well. lefse rolling pin helps and it's > nothing more than a grooved rolling pin. > > Lefse: > > ~5 lbs potatoes (have used russet and Yukon gold), peeled > 1/2 lb butter, softened > sm amount of milk > 1/2 c. sugar > flour--start with 5 c. > > cook potatoes till tender, drain, and rice them (gives best > texture). add butter, milk, and sugar. add flour and work in enough > extra flour to make soft dough. flour work surface and turn dough > out. break off a piece the size you would use to make rolls. roll > out thin and cook on hot electric skillet till lightly browned on > both sides. remove and butter them with little sugar and roll up. > enjoy : )........... > > Anne > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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