Norwegian Coffee Cake
A delicious pastry that won't last long at the breakfast or dessert table!
Ingredients
Base
- 1 cup Flour
- 1 Tbs Sugar
- ½ cup Butter or margarine
- 1 Tbs Water
Pastry
- 1 cup Water
- ½ cup Butter
- 1 cup Flour
- 1 Tbs Sugar
- ½ Tbs Almond Extract
- 3 Eggs
Glaze
- 1 cup Powdered sugar
- 2 Tbs Half and Half (or milk)
- 1 Tbs Butter (Melted)
- 2 tsp Almond extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees
Base
- In a medium bowl, mix together the flour and butter. Using a fork, work the butter into the flour until the butter is the size of peas. Sprinkle the flour mixture with the water. It will be crumbly, but it should form together when you press with your hands.
- On an ungreased cookie sheet, press the dough into two logs. Aprox 14x3 inches, then set aside.
Pastry
- In a medium saucepan heat up the water and butter to a boil.
- Once boiling, remove from heat and add the flour. Mix thourougly, until it is smooth. Then add the sugar and almond extract and mix together.
- Add the eggs one at a time, mixing well after each egg.
- Spread the mixture over the base
- Bake for 30-35 minutes
Glaze
- Mix all the ingredients in a small bowl, pour over pastry once it has cooled slightly.
Notes
These are traditionally topped with almond slices as well, I just did not have them on hand! But the flavors themself are versatile, get creative and add fruit, chocolate, or lemon!