Norwegian Wheat Bread Recipes

NORWEGIAN WHEAT BREAD

Steps:

• Butter 2 loaf pans.
• Preheat oven to 350.
• Heat the milk and the butter until scalding.
• Pour into large mixing bowl and let cool to lukewarm.
• Stir in the yeast.
• Sift together 7 c of the flour,the sugar, cardamom and salt.
• Add the above to the milk mixture, mixing well.
• Turn dough out onto floured surface and knead as much of the.
• remaining 1 c flour as needed, into the dough.
• The dough should be elasticky, and not sticky.
• Place in a buttered bowl and brush with melter better.
• Cover with plastic wrap or a towel, and let rise until double.
• Punch down.
• Let rest 10- 15 minutes.
• Divide dough in half, knead lightly and shape into loaves.
• Place in loaf pans, cover and let rise until double.
• Bake 30 minutes.
• While warm, brush with melted or soft butter.

NORWEGIAN FLAT BREAD

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400º.
• In large bowl combine whole wheat flour, sugar, butter and water. Let stand 5 minutes.
• Stir in all remaining ingredients using enough flour to make dough easy to handle.
• Turn dough onto lightly floured surface; knead until smooth (5 minutes).
• Divide dough in half; shape each half into 12x2 1/2 inch roll.
• Cut each roll into 12 portions.
• On lightly floured surface roll each portion to 1/8 inch thickness (flat breads will be irregular in shape).
• Place on cookie sheets.
• Bake 10 to 13 minutes or until golden brown.

NORWEGIAN KNEIP BREAD

Steps:

• Mix all dry ingredients together.
• In a bowl heat 1 1/2 c milk and 1 1/2 c water; add margarine till melted.
• Heat 1/2 c milk and 1/2 c water just till slightly warm then add yeast.
• Add wet ingredients to dry a little at a time; mix after each addition of wet ingredients.
• Flour table; place dough on flour and then knead for at least 10 minutes.
• Place dough in a large greased bowl and put in a warm place.
• When double in bulk, turn out on floured table and knead 5 minutes.
• Divide into 3.
• Place in greased loaf pans.
• Let stand in warm place till doubled.
• Bake 45 minutes at 400°F.