Norwegian Kringle

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We are not Norwegian but my mother always called this Norwegian Kringle. She’d only ever make it at Christmas and it just isn’t the holiday if I don’t have it once. I still have my mom’s recipe card–you can see how much it’s been used if you visit the link to our family blog. I guessed on the number of servings. I know that a family of four can finish off the whole thing in one morning without trying to hard…

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Difficulty: Intermediate

Servings: 6-8? It never last long...

Prep Time: 20 minutes Cook Time: 45-50 minutes

Ingredients

Pie Dough:
1 c. flour
1/3 c. butter
2 T. water

Pastry Filling:
1 c. water
1/2 c. butter
1. c. flour
3 eggs
1 T. almond flavoring

Frosting:
1 c. powdered sugar
1 T. milk
1 T. butter
1 T. almond flavoring
Sliced almonds (traditional but optional)

Directions

Step I: Pie Dough

1 c. flour
1/3 c. butter
2 T. water

Mix the above ingredients like pie dough and then separate into two equal sections. Smooth each pile of dough into a long strip about three inches wide on a cookie sheet.

Step 2: Pastry Filling

1 c. water
1/2 c. butter
1. c. flour
3 eggs
1 T. almond flavoring

Bring the water and butter to boil. As you take from heat, add all of the flour at one time. Beat until smooth. Add one egg at a one time. Beat until smooth. Add the almond flavoring and beat until smooth again. Pile the filling onto the two pie dough strips, about one inch thick.

Bake in a 375 degree oven for 45-50 minutes.

Step 3: Frosting

1 c. powdered sugar
1 T. milk
1 T. butter
1 T. almond flavoring

Sliced almonds (traditional but optional)

Mix up the frosting ingredients and frost the Kringle pastry while it is still warm. Sprinkle with the sliced almonds.

Step 4: Aftermath

Eat. Go back for seconds. Then thirds. Wonder why Kringle is all gone.

Categories: Desserts, Entertaining, Holiday, Other Desserts, Pastries

Tags: Scandanavian