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Norwegian Unleavened Bread

A flatbread made from oatmeal and fir sawdust, cooked until golden brown.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Norwegian Unleavened Bread

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Combine oatmeal and fir sawdust in a bowl.

  2. Mix thoroughly until well combined.

Shape and cook

  1. Shape the mixture into a flatbread.

  2. Cook on a hot surface until golden brown on both sides.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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What each ingredient does

Oatmeal
Forms the bulk of the flatbread and gives it its body and texture as it cooks.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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