Jun 22nd 2017

Pretzel is a pastry originated in continental Europe, possibly in Italy. This cake is commonly shaped into a three twisted knot. It has soft texture, but some of its kind are quite hard with salty and slightly sweet taste. Pretzel dough consists of wheat flour, water, sugar, yeast, and coarse salt. Pretzels usually have shiny outer surface and salted.

The history of pretzels remains a mystery, each source providing different information regarding the original time and place where pretzels were first made. The History of Science and Technology, Bryan Bunch and Alexander Hellemans, says that in 610 AD in Italy, Italian monk made pretzels as a gift to children for having learned their prayers. This monk formed a line of dough that is burned and folded so as to resemble the chest with crossed arms.

However, other documentation indicates if a pretzel cake form is used on the Guild Bakery badge/symbol in southern Germany from the start of 1111 AD. In some countries, pretzels usually made with different shapes and sizes. In Europe like Austria, traditional pretzels are made with the addition of cumin seeds mixed with the dough. While in the United States, pretzels become well known cookies, especially in Pennsylvania which is the center of history and producers of pretzels.

Cookie pretzels also often serve as a dish at Christmas. The famous pretzel cake at Christmas was hard pretzels are coated in chocolate. Some other possibilities in a presentation is to dip the pretzel in the mustard. Have you ever heard of Kringle? Yes, Kringle is a typical Danish pretzel. Kringle is a Scandinavian cookies that was introduced by Catholic monks in the 13th century in Denmark. Then spread in Scandinavia and developed into several types of sweet, salty, or filled cake.

In Denmark, Kringle is shaped like a pretzel cookies. Kringles are made from puff pastry such as Danish Pastry or yeast dough, stuffed with raisins, sprinkled with coarse sugar, peanut flakes, or icing. Having a long history in Denmark, Kringle is still a popular pastry in modern Denmark today. For centuries, Kringle or pretzel was used as a symbol of a royal crown in Europe as part of the trade union symbol of the baker.

In Denmark itself the Kringle (royal crown) is one of the few old union marks still used today and the traditional gold crown is often hanged outside the bakery. The popularity of this form of kringle to present other than as a symbol of the Royal crowns of gold, one of which inspired also in making butter cookies that are still often made by most people of the world.

Danisa’s Bite Inspired by Kringle is Butter Pretzel
One of the food producers who produce Danish Butter Cookies, are Danisa Butter Cookies. Danisa Butter Cookies provide a great selection of Danish Butter Cookies i.e., Harvest Moon, Butter Pretzels, Sugar, Vanilla Slice Ring, and Currant Crunch. Danisa Butter Cookies collection which forms inspired from the kringle is Butter Pretzel. Butter Pretzel owned Danisa Butter Cookies are with butter flavor, sprinkled with sugar that looks like a crystal. Because of this beautiful decoration, butter pretzel became everyone’s favorite. Danisa collection Butter Cookies each have a flavour that is crispy and delicious that will please your tongue.