Laufabrauð

Laufabrauð

"Laufabrauð" (Icelandic for "leaf bread") is a traditional kind of Icelandic bread that is most often eaten in the christmas season.cite web|url=http://jol.ismennt.is/english/laufabraud-joe.htm|title=Laufabrauð - "Leaf Bread"|accessdate=2007-12-09|author=Salvör Gissurardóttir|year=2000] Originating from northern Iceland but now eaten throughout the entire country, it consists of round, thin flat cakes with a diameter of about 15 to 20 cm (6 to 8 inches), decorated with leaf-like, geometric patterns and fried briefly in hot fat.cite book|last=Hanneck|first=Maike|title=Island-Kochbuch|origyear=2004|publisher=túrí|language=German|isbn=9979-9641-0-3|oclc=76585143|pages=pp. 30–31]

Laufabrauð can be bought in bakeries or made at home, either with ready-made dough or from scratch; patterns are either cut by hand or created using a heavy brass roller, the "laufabrauðsjárn" ("leaf bread iron").

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