Holiday Recipes: Swedish Kringler

Here's an old family recipe courtesy of my friend, Barb, who bakes one on Christmas morning and then watches it disappear.  No leftovers on this one!

SWEDISH KRINGLER:

2 cups of flour

1 cup of butter

1 cup plus 1 tbsp. of water

3 eggs

1/2 tsp. of almond extract

Combine 1 cup of flour, 1/2 cup of cubed butter, and 1 tbsp. of water as you would a pie crust, and pat mixture out into two strips on an ungreased cookie sheet.  Then combine 1 cup of water and 1/2 cup of butter in a saucepan and heat until just boiling.  Remove quickly from burner and add 1 cup of flour, mixing until smooth.  Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each one, then add the almond extract.  Spread mixture evenly over the two strips of dough.  Bake for 45 minutes at 375 degrees.  It will puff up quite a bit and then sink again while it's cooling.  Cool on wire racks and then frost.

Frosting

1 1/2 cups of sifted powdered sugar

1 1/2 tbsp. of butter

3/4 tsp. of almond extract

Cream

Combine first three ingredients, and then add enough cream to make the mixture spreadable.  Frost the cooled pastry.

If you try this one, be sure to let us know how you liked it!