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.
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