School Bread at Norway's Kringla Bakeri Og Kafe
I have a confession to make. I’ve never had school bread. This will be rectified come September. (Nobody told me the custard went all the way through the pastry! Sheesh, people!)
Pastry
Ingredients
2 pints water
3 ounces dry yeast
3 1/2 ounces sugar
2 1/2 ounces butter (melted)
1 teaspoon cardamom
2 pounds flour
1 whole egg
8 ounces shredded coconut
12 ounces vanilla custard
Method
Heat water and butter to 95 degrees. Mix flour, sugar, cardamom, yeast, and egg together for five minutes until dough is stiff. Form it like a ball and place in a bowl, cover with plastic wrap and let proof for 45 minutes, or until dough has doubled in size. Roll the dough out like a sausage and cut into five ounce pieces. Roll each piece into a ball and put them on a non-stick sheet pan and let them proof for 30 minutes. Bake for 15 minutes in 375 degree oven. Let cool.
Mix powdered sugar and water (use small amounts until proper consistency is achieved) to make icing and place in shallow pan. Form hole in bread using finger. Dip bread in icing (hole side down) and sprinkle with shredded coconut. Using pastry bag, squeeze vanilla custard inside of hole and swirl at top for decoration.
Vanilla Custard
Ingredients
1 2/3 cups milk
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 egg yolks
1 tablespoon corn starch
Method
In heavy saucepan bring milk to a boil. Set aside. In bowl, beat eggs, sugar, and vanilla until the mixture doubles by volume. Add the hot milk a few drops at a time to temper the eggs. Mix well after each addition. Place in metal mixing bowl and place over double boiler. Dissolve cornstarch in a little water and add in a thin stream while stirring constantly until it thickens to proper consistency. It must not boil. Cool by placing pan in ice bath.
Photo Credit: SanctumSolitude via flickr creative commons (Whoever you are, SanctumSolitude, I love your photos.)
Recipe Credit: AllEarsNet
I seriously need to spend more time in this bakery.
Like maybe a day.
All day.
I love school bread!
one more thing to add to my ‘must eat’ list for 2011!!!!
Our family traveled to Walt Disney World in August of this year and had a blast! One of the highlights was eating and enjoying this wonderful dessert at Epcot in Norway. The dessert plate had 3 desserts on it and I completely enjoyed the School Bread the most, so good I’m going to try my luck at making it today. Now I must convert the measurements to cups, tablespoons, teaspoons. Wish me luck!!!
Good luck, Lisa!!
[...] Kringla Bakeri Og Kafe, the bakery in Epcot’s Norway Pavilion is famous for this sweet confection. Why have I waited so long to enjoy this pastry that is filled with sweet vanilla custard and dipped in not only powdered sugar glaze, but also shredded coconut? AJ from the Disney Food Blog has the recipe. [...]
I couldn’t figure out how many individual breads this recipe made, but I DID know something didn’t sound right–3oz of yeast is several packages of yeast and sounded like it could feed an army. I’m pretty sure that was a typo, and instead it should only be 1 package of dry yeast, about 2 1/4 tsp, according to a different recipe which also uses 4 cups of flour. The other recipe also says it yields about 20 buns.
@RoraBorieAlice on Twitter introduced me to School Bread and it’s delicious. They could charge $10 and I’d want some but it’s only $1.99 at Disney! wow
Referenced this today on Twitter & found your post (I knew you’d have one). I made this a few years back for a neighborhood block party because my husband is Norwegian-American and we’re fans. Can you believe people were disappointed because it looked like a filled donut but wasn’t sweet enough? Sheesh! My favorite flavor is the cardamon, which I always associate with Norwegian baking.
AJ – it’s fantastic. Even better now than when you snapped the pic – they toast the coconut. They had run out last night when I was there during extra magic hours, and promptly made more…so it was fresh. One of the best things I’ve ever eaten at WDW, and still an amazing value at $1.99.
Any chance to get it without the coconut? Otherwise it looks amazing.
Shool Bread is the best. It is so simple and soooo delicious. They are a must on every visit!
Price just went up recently to (I believe) $2.79