Kolacky - A Polish Pastry

[Rybcon]

I make these every holiday.

1/2 lb. butter
1/2 lb. cream cheese
2-1/2 cup flour
Preserves - Baker's choice (Strawberry & Peach are the most popular)

Mix butter, cream cheese & flour together until they're well blended. Make into a ball and place in the refrigerator for 1 hour (longer is no problem)

Pull off pieces and roll thin (1/8" or so). Best to use a flat surface coated with flour and coat the rolling pin with flour. After rolling cut in approx. 2"x2" squares. Place a teaspoon or so of preserves in the middle. Fold over 2 opposite corners and pinch close.

Bake 12 to 15 minutes at 400. Should be real light brown.

After baking, place them on a sheet of tin foil and sprinkle with powdered sugar.

:)

[Craig]

Ok Rybcon NOW you are just being OBSCENE! (Keep those recipes coming!!!!!)

[Rybcon]

LOL. Everything else I cook is either pretty basic or out of Bobby Flay's books, but I'll keep thinking.

[Spats]

Neat. I likey!

[Elvira]

I'm your reg peg bundy, but I think I could even make these :D Gonna try!

[merryblackfog]

Thanks for posting these Rybcon! They sound delicious and I am going make these. Always looking for a cookie that I can rely on. They sound much much easier than making Kruschiki.

[Rybcon]

These have separated, not that it matters . . ..

http://images.allrecipes.com/site/allrecipes/area/community/userphoto/big/46169.jpg

[cinders]

Yum! Yum! I'm going to try making those!

[cocoandcookie]

Interesting ... i never heard of them.

[qtkiwi]

My MIL makes these every X-mass, but the way she makes them are different, its a yeast bread with the fruit on top. I think I will have to try your way this year, they look better then my MIL's lol, more like a pasty then a round bread with jam on the top....

-Dana

[qtkiwi]

PS, thanks for posting the recipe!

[qtkiwi]

Heres a pic of how my MIL's look likehttp://img.radio.cz/pictures/r/jidlo/kolacky.jpg

[madame leota]

I've got the dough chilling right now. Can't wait to try them!

[Rybcon]

I put together two batches last night. The plan is to do the baking tonight.


I hope you enjoy the recipe.

[madame leota]

Well, they aren't as pretty as yours but they are YUMMY! Next batch I'll try to get them more uniform size and also not overfill them - a little jam definitely goes a long way, as I found out. Thanks again for the recipe - this one's a keeper!

[Rybcon]

Glad you enjoy them.

Almost 11pm - I just finished making 130. Woot!

[Rybcon]

The time of year to start baking again. After making several batches of white chocolate macadamia nut cookies, raisin oatmeal cookies, sugar cookies and chocolate chip cookies I think I'll make a couple batches of kolockys a little early this year. I have all the ingredients. I just need to pick a night? Wednesday? Maybe . . .

[bluexmas]

that is something to think about baking.......

[Rybcon]

I hope you enjoy them. I made a couple of batches for Thanksgiving.

[cinders]

Rybcon, I made your recipe for Kolackys today. They came out great! I used prune and apricot fillings as those are popular for kolackys here. I brought them with to a gathering of friends this evening and everyone loved them.

[Rybcon]

That's great! I'm glad you and others enjoy them.

I thought this was funny. I've been eating kolackys for some 50 years. I've been making them for over 30 years. I had been told all those years that it was a "traditional" Polish pastry past on to my Mom from her Polish mother-in-law (my Busha). When Esterota joined the forum I told her I made kolackys every year. Her response? "What are those?" LOL

surprise:

[Charlie Brown]

Thanks for the recipe. These are similar to the Czech "kolaches" my grandma made.

[Sickie Ickie]

The mystery may be solved, Ryb.