Christmas Kringle
Ingredients for the Dough:
4 cups all purpose flour
16 tablespoons butter - cut into slices and chilled
4 tablespoons vegetable shortening
2 tablespoons confectioner's sugar
2 1/2 teaspoons yeast
2 cups sour cream
1 large egg - lightly beaten
Ingredients for the Filling:
1 cup pecans
3/4 cup light brown sugar*
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon salt
4 tablespoons butter - cut into slices and chilled
Ingredients for the Glaze:
1 cup confectioner's sugar
2 tablespoons milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions for the Filling:
1. Process pecans, brown sugar, cinnamon, and salt in food processor until coarsely grounded.
2. Add butter and pulse until it resembles coarse meal.
3. Place filling in bowl and set aside.
Instructions for the Dough:
1. Add flour, butter, shortening, confectioner's sugar, yeast, and salt to food processor bowl. Blend until it resembles coarse meal.
1a. If your food processor is less than 11 cups, you made need to do step 1 in two batches.
2. Transfer to medium bowl.
3. Add sour cream and mix until dough forms.
4. Divide dough in half.
5. Pat each half into 7x3 rectangle and wrap in plastic.
6. Place two dough rectangles in refrigerator for 30 minutes.
7. Then after the 30 minutes is over, place in freezer for 15 minutes.
8. Roll 1 dough into 28x5 inch rectangle.
9. Cover bottom half with half of the filling.
10. Brush edges with water.
11. Fold dough over filling and pinch seams.
12. Shape dough into an oval.
13. Place on a parchment lined cookie sheet. Cover with plastic wrap.
14. Refrigerate for 4 - 12 hours.
15. Repeat steps 8-14 for the second piece of dough.
16. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees
17. Remove plastic wrap.
18. Brush kringle with egg.
19. Bake for 40-50 minutes.
Instructions for the Glaze:
1. Whisk confectioner's sugar, milk, and vanilla in bowl until smooth.
2. Drizzle the glaze over the kringle when it comes out of oven.
3. Let sit for 10 minutes.
Enjoy your Christmas Kringle:
Mark's Story:
Abby and I were looking through our collection of cooking magazines to figure out what to make. I made the Christmas Kringle (Abby made a White Fruitcake). Anyway, this was a little more difficult for myself than other baked items I've made. I have problems rolling out dough and making it thin without it falling apart on the rolling pin. Yes, I lightly flour the counter and lightly flour the rolling pin. I got mine into a 22x5 rectanglish shape.
Mark's Notes:
For the brown sugar, people in my family are allergic to brown sugar. I usually substitute Coconut Sugar for brown sugar. I didn't have that in the kitchen and so I mixed some white sugar with pure maple syrup. That did work.
My Christmas Kringle didn't look as nice as the pictures in the cookbook; however, it was wonderful and everyone appreciated it.
The picture I attached of my Kringle is before I added the drizzle.
Luke 2:11
"For today in the city of David there has been born to you a Savior, who is Christ the Lord."
This is what Christmas is all about.
Enjoy!!
