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czechoslovakian kolache

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Recipe by
Kristina Turner
@KristinaTurnerNM
Las Cruces, NM

My Czechoslovakian grandmother made kolache. They used to be made with shortening but it is healthier to use canola oil or butter. Czechoslovakian Kolache are sweet yeast rolls with fruit or cream cheese filling that are served for Easter and holidays. For Thanksgiving you can use a package of cranberries to make a fruit filling with a double boiler. Poppy seed filling is also used. Orange marmalade, coconut cream, & chocolate hazelnut Nutella are also good fillings. For Thanksgiving, cranberry sauce, or pumpkin pie filling, are good fillings.

(1 rating)
yield 20 serving(s)
prep time 3 Hr
cook time 25 Min
method Bake

Ingredients For czechoslovakian kolache

  • 2 packages
    rapid rising active dry yeast
  • 1 cup
    warm cream or milk or almond milk
  • half cup
    canola oil or coconut cooking oil or nutiva coconut palm oil shortening melted
  • 3
    large eggs
  • 6 tbsp.
    cane sugar
  • 1 tsp.
    salt
  • 5 cups
    unbleached wheat pastry flour

How To Make czechoslovakian kolache

  • 1
    Warm 1 cup cream or milk in a pyrex measuring cup in the microwave for 40 seconds to where it is not too warm to touch and add 1 package active dry yeast and 6 tablespoons sugar and half cup canola oil or butter.
  • 2
    In a large mixing bowl add 4 cups unbleached wheat pastry flour, 6 tablespoons sugar, 1 teaspoon salt, 2 large eggs, the mixture of 1 cup warm cream, half cup canola oil, & package of active dry yeast. Mix together and knead into dough ball. Let rise for 3 hours.
  • 3
    Make fruit filling or poppy seed filling by adding 1 cup fruit, 1 cup sugar, 1 cup water, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, & 1 teaspoon pure vanilla to double boiler.
  • 4
    For cream cheese filling; add 1 package cream cheese, honey or light agave nectar, & 1 teaspoon of vanilla, & blend in pyrex high speed blender until smooth.
  • 5
    Make egg wash by beating 1 large egg & 1 teaspoon of water and add to dough ball after letting rise 3 hours and knead into dough ball.
  • 6
    Cut parchment paper to fit aluminum baking pan or sheet. Make kolache by making 12 rolls of dough with indentation in the middle. Add a teaspoon full of filling to center of each roll.
  • 7
    Make egg wash by beating 1 egg with 1 teaspoon water and cover the filled rolls with egg with your fingers.
  • 8
    Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit and bake 20-25 minutes until the rolls are golden brown.
  • 9
    If there is egg left over; make an omelet by microwaving on 50% power for 1 minute 15 seconds in shallow dish.
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