Kringla

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup cream
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 4 cups flour
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 1/4 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 combine sugar, cream and buttermilk.
• 2 combine salt, flour, baking powder and baking soda.
• 3 add flour mixture to sugar/cream/buttermilk mixture.
• 4 add vanilla.
• 5 knead to right consistency. (a dough hook on a stand mixer works well.).
• 6 drop by teaspoonfuls on floured surface.
• 7 roll dough pieces in flour before shaping each one into a 6-inch "snake".
• 8 fold ends of snake around to make a figure 8.
• 9 bake the kringla at 500 degrees for 5 to 6 minutes.
• 10 remove the dough (i think she means cookie) and place in a cloth-lined container to steam the kringla. (a ice cream bucket works well).
• 11 wipe out the steam as it accumulates.
• 12 after the kringla is cool, store in an airtight container.