Annette, thanks for sharing your thoughts here. I appreciate that the kringle I’m writing about here isn’t a true Danish kringle, either in shape or makeup. But Americans all over refer to this pastry as kringle, so for the sake of clarity, I decided to do so as well. Just as the Hawaiian pizza and barbecued chicken pizza we enjoy here are far from an native Italian’s idea of pizza; and pad thai, as served in many American Thai restaurants, is unknown in Thailand, this kringle shares a name with its native ancestor, though very different in both shape and makeup. I’d love to sample true Danish kringle someday; but in the meantime, I’ll have to be content imagining how good it tastes. Thanks for the link for inspiration — PJH

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