Kolaches (or Kolacky)

Total Time: 6 hrs 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 5
• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup cream-style cottage cheese
• 2 cups flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup fruit filling
• 1 (9 ounce) can crushed pineapple
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 cup dried apricot, chopped
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon

Recipe

• 1 on the down side, they do require advanced preparation (overnight is best).
• 2 included are a couple of filling recipes, but a can of pre-made will work too. (apricot is best) when rolling out dough, try to keep it as chilled as possible.
• 3 to cream the cottage cheese, it helps if you have a food processor or blender, but a fork and a strong arm will do in a pinch.
• 4 mix ingredients and chill at least 6 hours.
• 5 roll to 1/4" thickness.
• 6 cut into 2 or 3 inch squares, and place filling or preserves in center of square.
• 7 bring corners over filling and seal together.
• 8 bake at 350 - 25 to 30 minutes.
• 9 remove and dust with powdered sugar.
• 10 pineapple filling: combine ingredients in sauce pan, cook stirring constantly until thickened.
• 11 cool.
• 12 apricot filling: simmer apricot 10 minutes.
• 13 add sugar and simmer 10 minutes more.
• 14 remove from heat and add butter and cinnamon.
• 15 cool.