ISO Kolac recipes

[justplainbill]

Anyone making Kolaci for Christmas? I'd appreciate some recipes for the various versions of this pastry.

 

[GrillingFool]

My grandmother from Romania used to make them, and they were heavenly!
Wish I had her recipe.
Here's a few pages I found, and a recipe of something similar...

Authentic Hungarian Kalachki

Sweet Kolache Recipe Recipe | Recipezaar

Here's a variation someone sent me...

Rugelach/Kolachki
> Dough:
> 1/2 lb butter, softened
> 8 oz cream cheese, softened
> 2 c all-purpose flour
>
> Cream butter and cream cheese together then beat in flour a little at a
> time. Knead dough lightly, if necessary, to incorporate all flour.
> Divide dough into 4 portions, wrap in wax paper and refrigerate for at
> least one hour (or up to a week).
>
> When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350. Roll out dough into a circle
> about 1/16 inch thick. Cut the dough into 16 pie shaped wedges, if
> sticky, dust with a little flour. Spread each wedge with filling of
> choice (be quite sparing) and roll up from the wedge to the point. Place
> on ungreased cookie sheet and sprinkle with granulated sugar (the natural
> coarser grained sugar works well here). Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until
> golden.
>
> Date/Nut Filling
> 1/2 c sugar
> 1/2 c chopped dates (or prunes)
> 1 t cinnamon
> 1 c finely chopped nuts
> (note: could add apple to this one, maybe ½ c and increase sugar a bit or
> add apple & cranberry)
>
> Poppyseed Filling – straight out of the can.
>
> Walnut Filling - b Walnuts, finely ground,1 Egg, 1c Sugar, Water –
> enough to make a paste
>
> Jam Filling
> 1 c ground nuts
> 1 c jam
> (I have used apricot and almond, strawberry and almond, boysenberry and
> walnut, etc.)
>

 

[cjs]

I've heard of 'kolachke' and many spellings, but have never made it - will have to give it a try, they sound so good!!

 

[justplainbill]

Many of us wish we had our Grandmothers' recipes. That's why I started this thread.

 

[GrillingFool]

So I finally got brave and tried making some Kolache...
from scratch, which means this is also my first attempt
as an adult at baking without a box!

They are pretty good if I say so myself.
Apricot and prune filling.

Merry Christmas, all!

 

[justplainbill]

In the version I'm familiar with the filling can't be seen (it's inside the rolled up dough). Thanks for sharing.
Merry Christmas

 

[GrillingFool]

Well, heck bill! I got a recipe sent to me just like that, but it wasn't what I wanted,
so I deleted it. Will try to get it back and send it to you.
Happy hollydayz!

 

[Bilby]

Poppyseed Filling – straight out of the can.

It's amazing what you guys can get in a can!!!