Krendel is a Fruit filled Russian / Ukrainian yeasted bread made for Christmas.It is a rich and delicious bread that is also served on All Saints day and other family gatherings.
This bread is is usually Pretzel shaped but sometimes it just coiled after rolling like a jelly rolling without making a pretzel.The Krendel can be served dusted with icing sugar / glazed and topped with nuts .
I also read that it is not made very often at home as it is involves extra labor when compared to other breads.
We baked this in Aparna’s We Knead To Bake # 34 and from her notes this is what I learnt.In the Russian orthodox tradition,the name day is more important than the birthday and the name day is celebrated. The name day which is considered a holy day is the feast day of the saint after whom the person is named .There is usually a visit to the church and later there us a celebration party where this Krendel is the highlight of the party.
At Christmas, this is made to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ.
This bake is supposed to be of German origin and the name is supposed to be a corruption of the German Kringle.
I halved the original recipe. So to get a large Krendel, double the quantity of ingredients.
(Russian/ Ukrainian Fruit Filled Bread)
I used:
For the dough
All purpose Flour – 1 1/2 – 2 cups
Instant Yeast-1 teaspoon
Unsalted Butter-25 grams
Honey- 1 tablespoon
Fresh cream – 1/8 cup
Luke warm milk- 1/4 cup
Vanilla essence- 1 teaspoon
Salt -1/4 teaspoon
For the filling
Apple juice- 150ml
Apple-1,peeled ,cored and finely chopped
Butter- 10 grams
Raisins- 1/4 cup
Glazed cherries- 10, chopped
Sugar- 1 teaspoon
To spread on the Dough
Melted butter
Cinnamon sugar – 1 tablespoon
For Dusting the krendel
Icing sugar- as needed
Let us make the filling first.
Take all the ingredients mentioned under filling in a pan and bring to boil. Simmer and cook till you get a jam like consistency.Remove from pan and let it cool before using in the recipe.
To make the dough
Take the ingredients under dough and bring the dough together. Add a little more milk if needed.The dough should be slightly sticky.Transfer the dough onto a board and knead well for 10 minutes. Transfer into an oiled bowl and cover loosely and let it double in size.
Once the dough has risen to double its quantity, punch back and again knead for 10 minutes on a wooden board and once again place inside an oiled bowl and leave aside to double.
Roll out the dough into a rectangle and brush with melted butter in the center leaving a 1″ gap aroud the edges. Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar and spread the fruit mixture over it.
Roll it like a jelly roll and shape like a pretzel.Make sure to tuck the ends properly.Place on a greased baking tray and cover loosely and let it rise till it looks puffed up.[It took 20 minutes for my dough.]
The dough after it has the ‘puffed look’. Bake in a pre heated oven at 180 degrees for 15 minutes or till the top looks golden brown in color.Once done, remove from oven and cool on a wire rack.Dust with icing sugar once cooled.
Slice and enjoy….
Note:
- The baking time will vary if you choose to double the quantity.
- If the dough is rolled very thin, then it will not hold shape after it rises. Also too much filling will cause deformation in shape.
- The original recipe uses dried figs,dried apricots,prunes.
- You can use the following recipe to glaze the Krendel
slightly thick pouring consistency .Add a few drops of water if needed and then brush the Krendl with the glaze.
Garnish with the sliced almonds and let it set.
This is also a part of
Bake-a-thon 2015
Yet to bake Krendel, hope i'll bake it before this weekend.. Love to have a slice now.
tasty bread.Never heard about this.
Lovely recipe,I too wanted to bake this one for this series but after using the tutty frutty and nuts for many recipes in bakethon dropped the idea..Hope will bake it for next bakethon.
Looks delicious!
I'm gona try this out.
Thanks for sharing this recipe.!
Happy new year
This fruit filled russian bread looks absolutely delicious and a do try recipe for new year too…thanks for such wonderful recipes…
Looks very tempting and tasty
Fruit filled bread looks wonderful.
Interesting recipe, looks delicious.
Krendel looks great and nice to know the tradition of this fruit filled bread.
I havent joined in I Knead to Bake in over a year – this one looks like one I definitely hnave to try
Such an interesting looking bread PJ. Loved reading about it too.
This bread surely looks like an apt holiday bake..very nicely done!