Krans

Total Time: 2 hrs 10 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr 30 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 cake yeast
• 1 cup milk, lukewarm
• 1 cup butter (no substitutions)
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 3 egg yolks
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 4 cups flour, sifted
• 3 egg whites, beaten
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 cup almonds, chopped (reserve a few for decorating the cake)
• cinnamon, to taste
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 soften yeast in lukewarm milk.
• 2 cream butter and sugar, add egg yolks and salt and mix well.
• 3 add softened yeast and flour gradually.
• 4 knead until smooth and elastic.
• 5 cover and let rise in a warm place until double.
• 6 combine ingredients for filling and blend thoroughly.
• 7 roll dough into a rectangular shape, spread with filling and roll as for a jelly roll.
• 8 grease a fluted ring pan and place dough in pan (or form into a ring on a greased baking sheet).
• 9 cover and let rise until double in bulk.
• 10 preheat oven to 375°f.
• 11 bake for about 40 minutes.
• 12 brush with frosting and decorate with slivered almonds.