User:Jmunson

Kringler

2 cups sugar 1 cup butter (2 sticks) 3 large eggs 2 teaspoons baking soda 1 teaspoon non aluminum baking powder (optional) 1 to 1.5 teaspoons salt * 6 cups flour 2 cups buttermilk (1 pint) cardamom, nutmeg ¼ cup flour for rolling

Stir together flour, baking soda, optional baking powder, optional spice, and salt. Use a sieve to remove any lumps from the baking soda. If using salted butter, cut back or leave out salt.*

Mix butter and sugar very thoroughly (cream them.) Add eggs one at a time beating thoroughly after each.

Add some of the flour mixture to the butter, sugar, eggs mixture. Mix briefly, just until incorporated. Then add some of the buttermilk. Alternate adding flour and buttermilk until it is all incorporated. Do not over mix as that makes it tougher.

Chill well for several hours or overnight.

On a floured board, roll out spoonful into a snake and shape into a pretzel or wreath (or whatever else you want) shape on an un-greased cookie sheet.

Bake in hot oven 375º F for 13-15 minutes.

*Use less then 1.5 teaspoons if using salted butter.  If the salted butter has 90 mg sodium per tablespoon you will need .87 of a teaspoon of salt.  Melody makes hers with no salt.

(Fran liked these white and JB preferred golden brown. JohnEric claims that you can make the dough in advance, freeze it and move it to the refrigerator the day before baking.

JB added 1 teaspoon baking powder to this recipe sometime after he gave it to Mama. He also added a requirement to dissolve the baking soda in the buttermilk. This doesn’t seem to make any difference)