Misc Desserts

Kristana Kringle (Danish Puff)

  • 1/2 cups Butter or margarine, softened
  • 1 cups Flour, all-purpose
  • 2 tablespoons Water
  • 1/2 cups Butter or margarine
  • 1 cups Water
  • 1 teaspoons Almond extract
  • 1 cups Flour, all-purpose
  • 3 Eggs
  • 1/2 cups Almond slivers
  • ~ Confectioner's sugar

    • Preheat oven to 350°. Cut 1 cup butter into 1 cup flour. Sprinkle 2 tbsp water over mixture; mix. Round into ball; divide in 1. On ungreased baking sheet, pat each 1 into strip 12x3 inches. Strips should be about 3 inches apart. Heat 1 cupwater and 1 cup butter to rolling boil.Remove from heat and quickly stir in almond extract and 1 cup flour. Stir hard over low heat about 1 min until mixture forms a ball. Remove from heat. Beat in eggs all at once until smooth and glossy. Divide in 1/2;spread each 1/2 evenly over strips. Bake about 60min or until topping is crisp and brown. Cool. Frost with confectioners sugar glaze and sprinkle with almonds.

    This recipe courtesy of the From My Kitchen Cookbook. 

    Contributed by Marianne Worcester of Vancouver, BC (Canada). 

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