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Catholic Recipe: Kringler

INGREDIENTS

  • 2 eggs
  • 2 cups heavy cream
  • 1-1/3 cups sugar
  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 2 cups flour

Details

Prep Time: 5 hours

Difficulty:  ★★★☆

Cost:  ★★☆☆

For Ages: 15+

Origin: Scandinavia

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Also Called: Rings

Many heavier foods are traditional to the celebration of New Year's Eve inScandinavian countries. A favorite dinner is roast beef, baked potatoes, Risgrynsgröt (rice porridge), Lefse, and Kringler.

DIRECTIONS

Beat the eggs and add a bit of the cream. Stir in the sugar and the butter which has been melted. Whip the rest of the cream until stiff and add. Sift the flour with the baking powder and stir into the first mixture to make a soft dough. Chill in the refrigerator. Roll the dough out thin, cut into strips, and shape into rings. Bake on a greased and floured tin at 350° F. for about ten minutes or until light brown.

Recipe Source: Feast Day Cookbook by Katherine Burton and Helmut Ripperger, David McKay Company, Inc., New York, 1951