Re: Kringles

SharkE · ‎08-19-2010

@Toppers wrote:
@SharkE wrote:
What's a Kringles ? LOL
Hi @SharkE,

Here is a link to the QVC page on Kringles so that you can see what they look like:

http://www.qvc.com/Racine-Danish-Kringles-(2)-22-oz.-Choice-of-Kringles.product.M29018.html?sc=M2901...

They are flakey Danish pastries that are unique to the Danish bakeries here in Wisconsin.

They are thin and oval-shaped and are made with thin layers of phyllo pastry dough and are filled with either fruit, nuts or sweet fillings or chocolate and fruit and nuts or any combination of the former.

They're then iced with a thin layer of flavored icing of some kind, and sometimes they're topped with nuts and other toppings.

They're very good.

Sometimes we indulge in them, but not too often. I have no will power when it comes to them.

My favorite flavor is probably Turtle. Yummy!

don't know what it is or taste like, but, I'll bite. LOL

SharkE · ‎08-19-2010

@Sooner wrote:
@SharkE wrote:
What's a Kringles ? LOL
We are Kingleless here where I live too. Never ever heard of one until last year on this board! LOL!

But we do have and revere the Kolache!

That coffee?

Desert Lily · ‎06-24-2011

My great uncle was an owner of a Danish bakery in west Racine when I was a child. I grew up on kringles (apple was our family-favorite then), Danish layer cakes, seven sisters, sponge patties, Danishes/sweet rolls, and colorful breads at holidays.My father worked in a Danish bakery early mornings before high school, and as an adult it was his Saturday ritual to go to my great uncle's bakery every week and bring our family the bakery. At Easter time, we ate fabulous Napolean kringles, which were about four inches high and made with flakey pastry, custard filling, and colorful latticed frostings. I moved from there decades ago, and I have never found such wonderful bakery as we had during my childhood in Racine. My great aunt and my mother often coffee-klutched, and it always included Danish bakery. Pastries are my weakness yet today.

Toppers · ‎01-01-2015

@froggy wrote:
@We just spent a week in Wisconsin with relatives and they had Kringles for me every morning for breakfast. I went to the market and bought 4 @ $8 to breing home in my suitcase. Should have bought more.

Hi @froggy,

Kringles every morning for breakfast?

You have some really nice relatives!

If you tell us where they live, we can all show up at their house for breakfast from now on!

Enjoy those Kringles! You know you can cut them up and wrap them and freeze them, or freeze them whole.

At our place? They wouldn't even make it to the freezer!

debcakes · ‎03-11-2010

@Desert Lily wrote:
My great uncle was an owner of a Danish bakery in west Racine when I was a child. I grew up on kringles (apple was our family-favorite then), Danish layer cakes, seven sisters, sponge patties, Danishes/sweet rolls, and colorful breads at holidays.My father worked in a Danish bakery early mornings before high school, and as an adult it was his Saturday ritual to go to my great uncle's bakery every week and bring our family the bakery. At Easter time, we ate fabulous Napolean kringles, which were about four inches high and made with flakey pastry, custard filling, and colorful latticed frostings. I moved from there decades ago, and I have never found such wonderful bakery as we had during my childhood in Racine. My great aunt and my mother often coffee-klutched, and it always included Danish bakery. Pastries are my weakness yet today.

I am sure I have been to your uncle's bakery. I often shop at both Einer Larsen's and Bendtsen's in West Racine. Now O&H has built a beautiful new bakery within walking distance of my mother's house. All are good. All of them ship kringles, too.

Mistreatedbycs · ‎03-10-2010

Don't order the Racine Kringles, they freeze them and most stores just defrost which makes the dough tough.

Order O&H from Racine, WI or Lehmann's in Racine.

Between O&H and Lehmann's, I vote Lehmann's #1

although both ship. Lehmann's to me has a lighter texture dough and a more pronounced flavor in their fillings.

Once you had a kringle, you'll want another. Beautiful danish pastry filled with your choice and I vote pecan.

Lehmann's has a holiday 3 pack which includes shipping if anyone is interested.

You ladies, talking about great desserts, it's a kringle for sure next month

froggy · ‎03-10-2010

Hi @froggy,

Kringles every morning for breakfast?

You have some really nice relatives!

If you tell us where they live, we can all show up at their house for breakfast from now on!

Enjoy those Kringles! You know you can cut them up and wrap them and freeze them, or freeze them whole.

At our place? They wouldn't even make it to the freezer!

@Toppers

I bought them the day before we left, then cut them into quarters and froze in a foodsaver bag when we got home. My favorites are walnut and almond, although there are none that I dislike. I do not find that they get tough after freezing as mentioned above.

I am currently dieting with nutrisystem and the Kringles will be my Saturday morning treat. Also, if I eat them too fast they'll be all gone. And I am not paying the price to order them!

Toppers · ‎01-01-2015

@froggy wrote:

Hi @froggy,

Kringles every morning for breakfast?

You have some really nice relatives!

If you tell us where they live, we can all show up at their house for breakfast from now on!

Enjoy those Kringles! You know you can cut them up and wrap them and freeze them, or freeze them whole.

At our place? They wouldn't even make it to the freezer!
@Toppers

I bought them the day before we left, then cut them into quarters and froze in a foodsaver bag when we got home. My favorites are walnut and almond, although there are none that I dislike. I do not find that they get tough after freezing as mentioned above.

I am currently dieting with nutrisystem and the Kringles will be my Saturday morning treat. Also, if I eat them too fast they'll be all gone. And I am not paying the price to order them!

Hi @froggy,

Good for you for following Nutrisystem! I wish you all of the very best with your weight loss!

The Kringles sound like a nice treat to look forward to, at the end of the week.

CLEM · ‎03-09-2010

Sounds like it may be a German item? First thing I thought was Kris Kringle/santy claus. LOL

@SharkE It actually comes from Denmark. But it tastes different there. Nowhere near the sugar content it has here and the pastry is different too.

Toppers · ‎01-01-2015

@debcakes wrote:
@Desert Lily wrote:
My great uncle was an owner of a Danish bakery in west Racine when I was a child. I grew up on kringles (apple was our family-favorite then), Danish layer cakes, seven sisters, sponge patties, Danishes/sweet rolls, and colorful breads at holidays.My father worked in a Danish bakery early mornings before high school, and as an adult it was his Saturday ritual to go to my great uncle's bakery every week and bring our family the bakery. At Easter time, we ate fabulous Napolean kringles, which were about four inches high and made with flakey pastry, custard filling, and colorful latticed frostings. I moved from there decades ago, and I have never found such wonderful bakery as we had during my childhood in Racine. My great aunt and my mother often coffee-klutched, and it always included Danish bakery. Pastries are my weakness yet today.
I am sure I have been to your uncle's bakery. I often shop at both Einer Larsen's and Bendtsen's in West Racine. Now O&H has built a beautiful new bakery within walking distance of my mother's house. All are good. All of them ship kringles, too.

@debcakes wrote:
@Desert Lily wrote:
My great uncle was an owner of a Danish bakery in west Racine when I was a child. I grew up on kringles (apple was our family-favorite then), Danish layer cakes, seven sisters, sponge patties, Danishes/sweet rolls, and colorful breads at holidays.My father worked in a Danish bakery early mornings before high school, and as an adult it was his Saturday ritual to go to my great uncle's bakery every week and bring our family the bakery. At Easter time, we ate fabulous Napolean kringles, which were about four inches high and made with flakey pastry, custard filling, and colorful latticed frostings. I moved from there decades ago, and I have never found such wonderful bakery as we had during my childhood in Racine. My great aunt and my mother often coffee-klutched, and it always included Danish bakery. Pastries are my weakness yet today.
I am sure I have been to your uncle's bakery. I often shop at both Einer Larsen's and Bendtsen's in West Racine. Now O&H has built a beautiful new bakery within walking distance of my mother's house. All are good. All of them ship kringles, too.