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Continued from the previous page Betty Wilkens turns lefse flatbread on ST. LOUIS GROUP
a special griddle.
Oil for frying (peanut oil or any oil that Gooey Butter Cake
can withstand high heat) 4 cups instant potatoes (Hungry Jack)
Ginger Brandvold
Preparation 3 ¼ cups boiling water
Not being from St Louis originally but
Take a small handful of cooked rice, about ¾ stick (6 tablespoons) butter having lived there for 32 years and raising
two tablespoons, and shape into a shallow a family there, I would have to pick gooey
cup in the palm of your hand. In each cup ½ cup evaporated milk butter cake as our regional holiday dish.
place a cube of the cheese. Enclose the rice Never heard of it before we moved there
around the cheese and roll into a round Preparation and no one here knows what it is. You can
ball. Roll the rice ball in bread crumbs and buy it in the grocery stores in St Louis at
set aside. Continue in this manner until Boil the water, add butter. When melted, any time and it is delicious.
all the rice has been used. add the milk. Mix the liquid with the dry
ingredients. Store in airtight container Ingredients
Heat the oil in a large pot or deep fryer and cool overnight in the fridge.
until a frying thermometer registers 375 1 box yellow cake mix
degrees. Add 1 ½ cups of flour. Knead dough and
shape into a log, then cut into 12 pieces. 1 stick of margarine
Carefully slip four to five balls into the Roll each into a ball and put the dough in
hot oil one at a time and fry until golden the fridge. Take out one ball at a time for 4 eggs
brown. Drain on paper towels and keep rolling. Roll out to about nine inch (pie
warm until you are ready to serve. You size) using enough flour so dough does not 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
can fry them one to two hours in advance stick to rolling pin. Bake on lefse griddle.
and then reheat them in the oven at 350 Turn after bubbles appear. Place between 1 box (1 lb.) powdered sugar
just before serving. May be served with towels. Spread with butter and sugar and
warm marinara sauce, if desired. roll up. Preparation
MINNESOTA GROUP Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Lefse (The Easy Way) Mix yellow cake mix with one stick
margarine and two eggs. Spread in 8 x
Betty Wilkens 13 inch greased cake pan. Set aside ½
cup powdered sugar. Mix one eight-ounce
For most descendants of Norwegian package cream cheese with two eggs and
immigrants, there is no food that has such box (minus ½ cup) powdered sugar. Spread
sweet holiday memories as lefse. Betty cream cheese mixture on top of batter.
Wilkens, a Minnesota native and third
generation Norwegian has been baking Bake for 35 minutes. Cool about 25
lefse all her adult life. Using specialized minutes and sprinkle remaining ½ cup
equipment, she has taught other Sun of powdered sugar on top.
City Texas residents, her children and
her grandchildren how to make this
traditional flatbread.
Ingredients
½ tablespoon sugar
½ tablespoon salt
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