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Kringle

Source of Recipe

Norway


List of Ingredients

2 cakes compressed yeast
2 C milk
1/2-3/4 C sugar
2 eggs
1 1/2 tsp salt
1/2 C butter
1 C flour
1 tsp anise seed


Recipe

Dissolve yeast in 1/2 C lukewarm water. Scald milk, add butter and cool to lukewarm, then add yeast. add sugar and salt and mix well. Add well beaten eggs. Add enough sifted flour to make a soft sponge and beat thoroughly.Add anise seed, crushed with a rolling pin. Add remainder of flour to make a stiff dough and knead. Put in greased bowl, cover and put in a warm place to rise. When doubled in bulk, knead, let rise until very light. Take small pieces of dough and roll into long strips, forming them into figures of 8. Let rise again. before putting in oven brush tops with egg white, then sprinkle with granulated sugar. Sprinkle with grated almonds, if desired.
To make twists, increase anise seed to 1 tablespoon crushed anise and roll dough out. Cut into 8 inch long strips and twist. Let rise 1 hour and bake in moderate oven for 25 minutes. Brush tops with melted butter if desired.