Well, naturally you're doing this when I'm not home with my notes, Laura!! Yes I've made Lefse for years and no, it isn't the least bit hard!!!
I don't know if you have a Chef's Journey...Home, but my grandmother's Lefse recipe is in there. Yes, a dry griddle works perfectly.
Here you go - this is my grandmother's -
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My grandma made lefse for the family all my life and for years before that! I don't know how she kept up with us when the whole family was around her huge round kitchen table, soft butter and the sugar dish in front of us just waiting as the lefse came off her old wood stove. I know we must have eaten faster than she could cook them. My niece, Lynnie, also remembers waiting in line with her seven cousins trying to get her fill of Lefse as my generation took over the cooking! When serving lefse to her family, when they were small, my Grandma would prepare a huge stack and serve with potato soup when her children came in from sledding.
Mom Shelledy’s Lefse
5 large white potatoes (she called them the ‘mushy’ type – Russets)
2 cups sweet cream, half & half or milk
1 tsp. salt
3 T. butter
Flour as needed for rolling out the lefse
Boil potatoes until tender. Mash them finely with the cream, salt and butter. Add flour just until workable (the dough will be fairly dry, but it will stay together to be rolled out). Wrap in plastic wrap and chill for 1 hour.
Roll the dough out into ropes and cut into 1” chunks. Roll each chunk into thin circles to look similar to a flour tortilla.
Heat a dry griddle (cast iron is best) to about 400°F. Place a circle of lefse on the griddle and cook until brown spots appear on the heated surface. Flip and cook the same way on the other side.
Place between paper towels while cooking the rest of the lefse.
CJ’s tip: Some folks like just butter, my family always smeared the softened butter over and topped with a sprinkling of granulated sugar; others add a sprinkling of cinnamon. Fold twice or roll into a cylinder. Eat and enjoy.
I remember the warm butter running down my forearms when I was little.
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and, this is what it should look like -
"Mom" Shelledy used to cut each one into pie shape pieces and we would then slather butter and sugar and roll it up or you can eat them whole.
Make ahead? I don't know, I've always allocated the Lefse day just for that from start to finish. Can't help you there. But, please rememeber they are not hard at all!
Have fun and I so wish I was closer to help eat them. Another idea for you this is the time of year Norwegians have Lutefisk Dinners and Lefse is always served. You might look for community offerings and see if there is a Sons of Norway in your area. Lots of the women will have so much information for you.