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Swedish Crispbread

1 pt. buttermilk
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter, melted
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
2 cups coarse rye flour (or enought to form a thick dough)

Mix ingredients to make a thick dough and form into balls (1 in. or so in diameter). Roll the balls in additional flour, then roll very thin with a peg rolling pin. An ordinary rolling pin may be used, but the dough mist be scored and pricked before baking. Bake on a cookie sheet at 425 F for 5-6 min and then turn them over and bake another 5-6 min until lightly browned.
Barb Jackson
Blueberry Hill Bed and Breakfast
In Beautiful Trinity Bay, Newfoundland

Rieska (Finnish Crispbread)

2 cups Barley Glour or rye flour, unsifted or a combination of both
3/4 tsp Salt
2 tsp each Vugar and Baking Powder
1 cup Evaporated Milk or light cream
2 tbsp Butter, melted

Stir together flour, salt, sugar and bp until well blended. Stir in milk and melted butter until a smooth dough forms. Turn dough out onto a well buttered baking sheet and with flour-dusted hands, pat dough out to make a circle about 14 inches in diameter and 1/2 inches thick. Prick all over with a fork.

Bake in a 450 oven for 10 minutes or until lightly browned. serve immediately. Makes 8 to 10 rounds.


Joan Foster
Garden Ridge Bed & Breakfast Victoria, BC

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