Potato Flat Bread
by Helga Gamme, Gran, Hadeland, Norway (submitted by Georgia Rosendahl)
Ingredients
- 4 lbs potatoes (use a mixture of red & white potatoes)
- 2 tsp salt
- 2 1/4 cups white flour
- 1/2 cup sugar
- ground whole-wheat flour (for rolling)
Instructions
- Boil potatoes (unpeeled) and salt until potatoes are done. Peel and cool overnight.
- Rice or mash potatoes, put in mixer with flour and sugar and mix until very smooth (a couple of minutes).
- Form dough into a firm ball with hands and divide into small patties.
- Sift flour on rolling surface and roll each patty in ground whole-wheat flour until thin.
- Fry on lefse grill at medium heat.
- Helga uses 3 grills; flatbread takes a long time to dry. (Andersons use 1 grill and put the flatbread in a 325°F oven to finish drying after it acquires a good color and firmness on the lefse grill)