Instant Potato Lefse

Name: Instant Potato Lefse
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 100 3-inch pieces
Ingredients: 4 cups potato flakes; 4 teaspoons sugar; 3 cups boiling water; 1 1/3 cups whole milk; 1 1/2 cups margarine; 1 cup half-and-half cream; 3 teaspoons salt; 1 cup flour

Submitted by Sageca

"These are potato pancakes Lefse; the easy way.They are from Scandanavia."

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Ready In:: 1hr
Ingredients:: 8
Yields:: 100 3-inch pieces

ingredients

Potato Mixture
4 cups potato flakes
4 teaspoons sugar
3 cups boiling water
1 ¹⁄₃ cups whole milk
1 ¹⁄₂ cups margarine
1 cup half-and-half cream
3 teaspoons salt
Next day combine 2 cups potato mixture with
1 cup flour

directions

Place dry ingredients into 3 quart bowl.
In a saucepan, bring to boil water, milk, Half & Half, and margarine.
Stir liquid into bowl of potato mixture until smooth.
Refrigerate overnight.
Lefse dough:
Work together with hands until flour has been absorbed. If sticky, add more flour. Place about 1 cup of dough on floured board and roll as thin as possible.
Cut with 4-inch cookie cutter or 1 pound coffee can.
Bake on hot griddle until light brown blisters appear; turn to complete baking. (Electric skillet or pancake griddle set at 400 degrees F.).
Repeat process until all of potato mixture is used. Yield: 100 (3-inch) pieces.

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Sageca

Canada

I love to cook, read recipe books and food magazines,spend time in kitchen stores, grocery stores, gourmet shops, learning new cooking techniques, trying new kitchen gadgets,tasting exotic foods,enjoying a wonderful meal. I've always had a herb garden; now I have containers on my patio with my must have herbs. It seems, everything tastes better with fresh herbs!

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