LEIF ERIKSON LODGE
The mission of Sons of Norway is to promote and to preserve the heritage and culture of Norway, to celebrate our relationship with other Nordic countries, and provide quality insurance and financial products to our members.
Lefse Baking
Lefse is Norway's beloved soft potato flatbread, rolled thin, baked on a griddle, and slathered with butter and sugar. This October, learn to make it from scratch in our kitchen, then help us bake dozens of sheets for our 120th annual Nordic Market. No experience needed. Many hands make light work!
Lefse Baking Class: Sunday, October 4
Learn the whole process in one afternoon with expert lefse baker Janice Quam and our lodge bakers: making the batter, rolling the dough thin, baking on the lefse griddle, and the all-important flip. Taste your work, take lefse home, and leave with our recipe.
When: Sunday, October 4, 12:30 PM
Where: Leif Erikson Hall, 2245 NW 57th St, Ballard
Cost: Free!
Sign up by calling 206-783-1274
Lefse Work Parties: October 5, 6, 12, 13
Just took the class? Put your skills to work the very next day. Or skip the class and jump right in; we'll teach you on the spot. Every fall we bake hundreds of sheets of lefse to sell at the Nordic Market, one of our biggest fundraisers of the year. Work parties are free, hands-on, and genuinely fun. Come for one shift or all four.
Mon, Oct 5, 12:30 PM Batter day: making the dough, which rests overnight
Tue, Oct 6, 1:30 PM Rolling and baking day: griddle time, the flip, maybe a tasting
Mon, Oct 12, 12:30 PM Batter day: round two of dough making
Tue, Oct 13, 10 AM Final day: rolling, baking, and packaging for the market
Sign up for a shift by calling 206-783-1274
Then taste the results! Find our lefse at the 120th annual Nordic Market, October 24 and 25.
Free admission!