Submitted by:  Allan and Luvern Lofthus    (original recipe of Grandma Irene Lofthus)

10 cups mashed potatoes
3 cups flour
4 tablespoons shortening
2 tablespoons sugar
Salt to taste
Mix into a loaf.  Cut off portions.  Knead into a roll 3 inches in diameter.  Cut off sections 3/4 inch thick.  Roll on floured cloth with grooved rolling pin.  Add just enough flour to allow rolling.   Bake on hot lefse grddle.  Lefse should be rolled as thin as possible.

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