Recipes from Sol-land Lodge Members - Breads

Lefse Click here for a printer friendly version
Traditional and popular potato flat bread.
18 Potatoes	1 teaspoon salt
2 Tablespoons Lard	Flour
Boil and mash or rice potatoes. Cool. Add lard, salt and flour, a little at a time until dough can be rolled out easily. Roll as thin as possible. Bake on top of stove or on a pancake griddle until a light brouwn, turning frequently to prevent scorching. Use moderate heat. Although lefse can be served many ways, a popular way to eat it is rolled up with butter, cinnamon and sugar!

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Flatbrød Click here for a printer friendly version
Flat breads are often crisp, but this one is soft. It was my great grandma Wick's recipe as published in her Fargo, N.D. Lutheran Church cookbook. The graham flour really gives it a great flavor. - D.J. Watson
1 cup graham flour	1 tsp. salt
2 cups white flour	1 Tblsp. shortning
2 cups boiling water
Mix ingredients and let stand until cold. Add more flour and roll thin. Bake in 425° oven on a flat surface. Bake to golden brown (about 8 - 12 minutes). Cut with a pizza cutter into individual pieces after baking.

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Æbleskivers Click here for a printer friendly version
This is a Danish recipe and requires a special pan to make (see right). The secret to a perfect æbleskiver is cake flour. The result is a light and fluffy, ball-shaped cake. Click this link for a web site specializing in æbleskiver pans and mixes.
4 eggs, separated	¼ cup melted shortening
1 Tbsp. sugar	2 cups cake flour
1 tsp. baking powder	2 scant cups milk
½ tsp. salt
Beat egg yolks. Add sugar. Sift together remaining dry ingredients and add alternately with milk. Add melted shortening, mixing well. In separate bowl, beat egg whites until stiff. Fold into batter. Bake.

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Norwegian Pancakes  Click here for a printer friendly version
From Greg Holter
1 ¼ cup milk	½ tsp. salt
¾ cup + 1½ Tbsp. plain flour	2-3 Tbsp. melted butter
2 eggs
Mix well all the ingredients to a batter. Let the batter rest for 20-30 minutes. Place a small ladle full of batter in a hot frying pan, swirl the pan to distribute the batter. Turn when brown on one side. Serve with jam or sugar.

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Vafler Found on the Desserts page