Kolaches
My family is Czech and has a kolache recipe that has been passed down for generations. This is not it, but it's still good; one difference is that we don't butter the dough in step 5. My great grandmother would mix flour, sugar and a touch of cream into store-bought jam or poppy seed filling and would use butter instead of shortening.
Total Steps
8
Ingredients
16
Tools Needed
5
Ingredients
- 1.0 recipe Popsika
- 1.0 can jam, fruit or poppy-seed filling
- 1.5 stick butter, melted
- 6.25 cup flour
- 0.5 cup sugar
- 2.0 yolks egg yolks, slightly-beaten
- 2.0 teaspoon salt
- 0.5 cup shortening
- 2.0 cup milk
- 0.5 cup warm water
- 2.0 packets yeast
- 1.0 tablespoon sugar
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup flour
- 1.0 teaspoon cinnamon
- 2.0 tablespoons melted butter
Instructions
Step 1
Sprinkle 1 tablespoon sugar over the <a href="/technique/HF7TLMS7/yeast">yeast</a> and <a href="/technique/PXKXVQTM/dissolve">dissolve</a> in lukewarm water. Set aside.
Step 2
<a href="/technique/XZFHRHHF/heat">Heat</a> the milk in a small saucepan and <a href="/technique/PXKXVQTM/dissolve">dissolve</a> the shortening in it. <a href="/technique/GZFHJC5K/cool">Cool</a> to lukewarm; then add <a href="/technique/DPSVTKVY/salt">salt</a>, egg yolks, and sugar.
Step 3
Combine milk/egg mixture and <a href="/technique/HF7TLMS7/yeast">yeast</a> mixture. Add flour gradually and work dough by hand or with a mixer until glossy. Keep it a little sticky, if possible.
Step 4
Cover, place in a <a href="/technique/FVYNJCCW/warm">warm</a>, draft-free place, and let rise until double in size, 45 minutes to one hour.
Step 5
After the dough has risen, punch it down and <a href="/technique/FZZDJ42W/knead">knead</a> lightly. Divide into egg-sized portions with a <a href="/technique/NX588QBK/spoon">spoon</a> and form balls. Place on well-oiled <a href="/technique/RNT367Z2/baking">baking</a> pans about an inch apart and butter well.
Step 6
Let rise about 15 minutes, then make indentations in the dough balls for the filling. Fill each indention with a large teaspoon filling. Make the Popsika with by combining 1/2 cup sugar, 1/4 cup flour, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, and 2 tablespoons of <a href="/technique/LWS4TC42/melted-butter">melted butter</a> until the mixture resembles crumbs. Sprinkle the Popsika over the filling.
Step 7
Place pans of kolache in a <a href="/technique/FVYNJCCW/warm">warm</a>, draft free place, and allow to double in size again, about 45 minutes to one hour.
Step 8
Place in an oven preheated to 375 degrees. <a href="/technique/RNT367Z2/bake">Bake</a> until golden <a href="/technique/D434P8MH/brown">brown</a>, then remove the kolaches from the oven. <a href="/technique/GZFHJC5K/cool">Cool</a> slightly, remove from pans, and <a href="/technique/GZFHJC5K/cool">cool</a> on wire racks.