Norwegian Potato Flat Bread Or Lefse Recipe

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Norwegian Potato Flat Bread Or Lefse
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Ingredients:

  • 2-1/2 lb of baking potatoes
  • 1-1/2 tbsp sugar
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1-1/2 cups flour
  • soft butter and sugar for serving

Directions:

  1. Peel and boil potatoes. Drain and cool.
  2. Put potatoes through a ricer or mash.
  3. Beat in butter, cream, sugar and salt.
  4. Refrigerate uncovered.
  5. The next day add flour.
  6. Stir well.
  7. Divide into 20 pieces.
  8. Heat grill or pan.
  9. On a floured surface roll out the balls into circles as thin as possible. (Women often used wooden sticks from a window shade to transfer the lefse to the griddle. Hmmmm, I remember being spanked with one of those.)
  10. Cook on each side of the ungreased pan.
  11. Stack between towels.
  12. After they are cool. stack them together, fold in half and place in a large plastic bag.
  13. As needed, butter and sugar a circle.
  14. Fold in half and butter and sugar again.
  15. Fold once again and cut the quarter in half.
  16. Some people butter, sugar and then roll their lefse.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 335.09 Kcal (1403 kJ)
Calories from fat 141 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 15.67g 24%
Cholesterol 31.06mg 10%
Sodium 736.27mg 31%
Potassium 52.62mg 1%
Total Carbs 44.15g 15%
Sugars 1.18g 5%
Dietary Fiber 4.75g 19%
Protein 5.34g 11%
Vitamin C 0.1mg 0%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 4%
Iron 1.4mg 8%
Calcium 109.7mg 11%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 199.44 Kcal (835 kJ)
Calories from fat 83.92 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 9.32g 24%
Cholesterol 18.49mg 10%
Sodium 438.22mg 31%
Potassium 31.32mg 1%
Total Carbs 26.28g 15%
Sugars 0.7g 5%
Dietary Fiber 2.83g 19%
Protein 3.18g 11%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 4%
Iron 0.8mg 8%
Calcium 65.3mg 11%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 7.2
    Points
  • 9
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low cholesterol,
  • good source of fiber

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium

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