World Flavors Cookbook

Kringel (Estonian Festive Cake)

Name: Kringel (Estonian Festive Cake)
Cook time: 30 min
Cuisine: Estonia
Ingredients: Yeast dough (flour, milk, butter, sugar). Filling: 100g butter, 1 cup sugar, 2 tbsp cinnamon, raisins, nuts.

A beautiful, braided sweet bread usually flavored with cinnamon or chocolate, shaped into a large ring or pretzel.

Cuisine: Estonia

Ingredients

Yeast dough (flour, milk, butter, sugar). Filling: 100g butter, 1 cup sugar, 2 tbsp cinnamon, raisins, nuts.

Instructions

1. Roll out yeast dough into a rectangle. Spread with cinnamon-butter mixture. 2. Roll up into a log. Cut the log in half lengthwise. 3. Braid the two halves together and form into a ring. 4. Bake at 180°C for 25-30 minutes until golden brown. 5. Glaze with chocolate or dust with powdered sugar.