Recipe: Kringla Recipes and information

Do you have more details about the shape, size, flavor, and texture beyond simply beyond hard? Was the cookie more like shortbread or a hard pretzel?

Here's why I ask - Kringla(kringlor in the plural) translates to a shape. Quite a number of Swedish and other Scandinavian recipes for rings wreath, figure-8s, twists, and pretzels made of butter cookie, biscuit, danish and bread dough are titled 'kringla.' I personally have recipes for all kinds!

Additionally, cardamom is a very common ingredient in Swedish and Scandinavian baked goods. Searching for a hard Swedish cardamom cookie is akin to asking for an American chocolate chip cookie, there are just so many varieties!

Any other details would help find you an appropriate recipe, from other ingredients used to where you family originally came from in Sweden. Were the cookies dipped in sugar after baking? Did they get an eggwash? Was the dough chilled?

In the meantime, I have a number of recipes for you, and a Swedish blog you could easily translate using google.

Here is the website: http://sockerkringlan.wordpress.com/category/kringelrecept

KRINGLA

1/2 cup butter
1 1/4 cup sugar
2 egg yolks - NOT whole eggs
1 cup buttermilk
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 to 1 teaspoon ground cardamom
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt

Cream butter and sugar until light. Beat in egg yolks. Blend in buttermilk. Stir remaining ingredients then add to creamed mixture and beat well. Divide dough in half and wrap each in plastic wrap. Either freeze for 2 hours or chill in the refrigerator for 4 hours or longer.

When dough is chilled, prepare your workspace by flouring a pastry board/counter, and having extra flour for your hands. Working with one half at a time, divide the block of dough into 18 pieces, forming each piece into a rope about 8-10 inches long. Bring the ends of the loop together to form a loop, twist each end twice then seal to center of opposite side forming pretzel shape.

Place on a lightly greased cookie sheet and bake at 375 until lightly browned but still with pale tops, about 12 minutes. Repeat with remaining dough. Assuming 18 ropes from each dough block, this makes 3 dozen.

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KRINGLOR

14 tablespoons butter
0.84 cups (3/4 cups plus 1.5 tablespoons, 2 dl, 170g) sugar
2 eggs
3 teaspoons baking powder
2.96 cups (7 dl, 455g) flour
pearl sugar

Cream butter and sugar, add eggs, one at a time. Mix flour and baking powder, add to batter. Roll pieces of dough into finger-thick lengths, form into pretzels, dip in pearl sugar, bake at 200 degrees for 7 -9 min.

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MORMORS SOCKERKRINGLOR (GRANDMOTHER'S SUGAR PRETZELS)
ca 40 stycken

200 g sm r eller margarin (butter or margarine)
250 g vetemj l (ca 4 dl) (flour)
60 g str socker (ca 3/4 dl) (caster sugar/superfine sugar)
1 gg (egg)
1 tsk Vanila (1 teaspoon vanilla)
1 msk pressad citronsaft (1 tablespoon lemon juice)
1/2 tsk hjorthornssalt (1/2 teaspoon ammonia bicarbonate/baker's ammonia)
1/2 tsk finst tt kardemumma (1/2 teaspoon finely grated cardamom)

GARNERING: (Garnish)
hackad mandel och p rlsocker (chopped almonds or pearl sugar)

G R S H R:
1. Finf rdela sm ret (eller margarinet) i mj l- och sockerblandningen (grate the butter or margarine into the flour, add the sugar)
2. Tills tt resten av ingredienserna (add the remaining ingredients)
3. Arbeta degen v l p bakbordet (knead the dough on a lightly floured board)
4. L t degen vila kallt 1 timme eller ver natten (let the dough rest, chilling, for 1 hour or overnight)
5. Rulla ut degen till smala l ngder och forma till kringlor, inte f r sm (Roll the dough into thin lengths, and shape, not too small)
6. Doppa dem i mandel och p rlsocker (dip the cookies in almonds or pearl sugar)
7. L gg dem p smord pl t (eller anv nd bakpl tspapper) (Place on a greased baking sheet, or one lined with parchment)
8. Gr dda i mitten av ugnen i 200 grader tills kakorna har fin f rg (ca 8 minuter) (bake at 200C until lightly golden, for about 8 minutes)

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SOCKERKRINGLA

2 hard-boiled egg yolks
2 raw egg yolks
1 dl granulated sugar
150 g butter
about 5 dl flour

Garnish:
whipped egg white
pearl sugar

Mash the cooked egg yolks with the raw. Work in the sugar, then the butter into small blobs. Finally, add flour to make a smooth dough. Roll dough into finger thick lengths and shape the pretzels. Place on baking sheet lined with baking paper. Brush with egg white, sprinkle with pearl sugar and bake for 5-7 minutes at 200 C (400 degrees F).