Almond Kringle
 
Ingredients
Crust:
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 Tablespoon granulated sugar
  • ½ cup salted butter, softened
  • 2 Tablespoons cold water
2nd Layer:
  • 1 cup water
  • ½ cup salted butter
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 3 eggs**
  • 1 teaspoon almond extract
Frosting:
  • 1½ cup powdered sugar
  • 3 Tablespoons salted butter, softened
  • ½ teaspoon almond extract
  • 2 Tablespoons milk
  • sliced almonds for decoration (optional)
Instructions
Crust:
  1. Mix flour, sugar, and butter in an electric mixer.
  2. Add cold water a little at a time.
  3. Spread onto an ungreased cookie sheet with your fingers or a spatula into about a 10x10 inch square.
2nd Layer:
  1. Preheat oven to 450ºF.
  2. Heat water and butter in a medium sized pan over medium-low heat until butter has melted.
  3. Remove from heat and add flour.
  4. Place pan back over low heat and stir until a ball forms.
  5. Beat eggs in one at a time.
  6. Add almond extract.
  7. Spread over crust.
  8. Bake at 450ºF for 10 minutes and then lower the temperature to 350ºF and bake for another 30 minutes or until the kringle is golden brown and slightly puffy on top.
  9. Let cool.
Frosting:
  1. Mix powdered sugar, butter, extract, and milk together in an electric mixer until smooth and there are no lumps.
  2. Spread over cooled kringle and top with almonds.
Notes
**Have the eggs already cracked when you start this step because it moves fast and you won't have time to crack the eggs while you're stirring.

Serve cold or at room temperature.
Store in an air tight container in the fridge up to a week… as if it could last that long!
Recipe by Birch Tree Baking at https://www.birchtreebaking.com/almond-kringle/