O&H Danish Bakery

Bakery: O&H Danish Bakery 
Address: 5910 Washington Ave., Racine WI (@ Trader Joes) 
Website: http://ohdanishbakery.com/
Style: Danish 
Price: $$-$$$ 

While at the Trader Joes in Buffalo, NY, one of my "American bakery tour suppliers" chanced upon these 'authentic' Danish kringles, produced by this bakery from Wisconsin and shipped throughout the country (available in various stores as well as sold online). Knowing of the fondness we both share for Danish pastries, he could not pass up this opportunity.

Without a doubt, O&H's signature item are their kringles, rings of flaky Danish dough stuffed with a variety of fillings and topped with icing. Officially counting more than a dozen varieties, selection does vary in-store and at the time of purchase, there were a couple to choose from, namely a more classic almond, Wisconsin, I believe, and the special edition pumpkin spice (or something along those lines) that was bought in the end.

Packaged in wax paper sleeves, the one major minus going into it is the freshness; you know these must have been sitting on the shelves for at the very least several days (the list of preservatives and additives isn't very appetizing either :/). This resulted in a dough that wasn't as flaky as it should have been; instead, it lacked the texture it looked like it was supposed to have. A few samplers (myself included) thought it was a little too sweet, but all of us seemed to wonder why the purchaser chose the pumpkin kringle over the more traditional varieties. The kringle on the whole was alright, but I can't say I liked the flavour choice, even if I do like my pumpkin baked goods; it would have been nice to sample the almond one, which is the classic variety.

Overall, it doesn't come close to beating local Danish bakeries and still had the texture of a packaged supermarket baked good, but it wasn't bad. Next time, though, I'd have to get another flavour....

Rating: **1/2