How to Make Lefse from Instant Potatoes

Steps

1. Mix mashed potato flakes, powdered milk, salt, boiling water, and margarine or butter (amounts listed below in "Things You'll Need")
2. Chill thoroughly, best to refrigerate overnight.
3. Add the 3 cups flour and mix.
4. Using flour on the board, roll into a long tube and cut into about 36 pieces.
5. Using more flour, roll each piece into a ball, put into a bowl, and keep the bowl in refrigerator.
6. Take out one ball at a time and roll with rolling pin into a very thin tortilla-like circle.
7. Two lefse chefs at work
   Bake on a preheated griddle (about 400-450 degrees) on one side until brown spots appear.
8. Flip over and bake other side until browned. Remove from griddle.
9. Butter and sprinkle sugar over lefse and roll into a tube.
10. Fold one end up to keep butter from dripping out.
11. If you cook them faster than people can eat them store between 2 towels to keep fresh.

Tips

• If you really like lefse a lot, buy an electric lefse griddle and lefse stick to turn it. These make the baking much easier.
• If you want to make lefse the old fashioned way cook up about 15 medium potatoes and peel and mash. Add 1/2 cup cream, stick of butter, and 2 1/2 t. salt and chill. Before rolling add 3 cups flour or more until thick enough to handle easily and prepare and cook as above.
• We eat it with butter and sugar but you can add cinnamon sugar or jelly instead (lingonberry jelly or sauce would be very authentic).
• Some people use lefse like a bun for hot dogs, sausage, or Swedish meatballs.

Warnings

• This is not a health food although it is all natural.
• This is not a good thing to have around the house when you are trying to lose (or even maintain) weight.

Things You'll Need

• 9 cups instant mashed potatoes
• 2 cups powdered milk
• 1 T. salt
• 9 cups boiling water
• 2 sticks margarine or butter
• 3 cups of flour plus more for rolling the dough
• rolling pin
• griddle

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