SOPHIE'S KOLACKY
This is my grandma's (Sophie) kolacky recipe, and it probably came from her grandmother in Poland. My family can't get enough of these at Christmas.
Provided by Peggy Malecki
Categories Bread Holiday Bread Recipes
Time 1h35m
Yield 18
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease cookie sheets.
- Using a pastry blender or food processor, cut butter into cream cheese.
- In a small bowl, sift dry ingredients together except for confectioners' sugar.
- Work dry ingredients into butter/cream cheese mixture until you have an even, mealy texture.
- Knead to form a stiff dough. If the dough gets too soft, refrigerate for about five minutes before continuing.
- Roll dough to 1/4-inch thickness.
- Using a cookie cutter or glass, cut into about 3 inch diameter cookies. Keep re-rolling dough until you have used it all. Use your thumb to make a depression in each cookie. Place a 1/2 teaspoon of filling in the depression.
- Bake for about 20 minutes (until lightly golden). Let cool on a cookie rack. Dust lightly with confectioners' sugar. Store in an airtight container
Nutrition Facts : Calories 216.4 calories, Carbohydrate 21.9 g, Cholesterol 37.5 mg, Fat 13.7 g, Fiber 0.7 g, Protein 2.3 g, SaturatedFat 8.6 g, Sodium 185.8 mg, Sugar 2.3 g
GRANDMA'S KOLACKY COOKIES
A cookie recipe given to me by my husband's Polish grandma (busia) that I have to double because they fly off the plate -- one recipe for them and one for me! My favorite Solo filling is Apricot, but any are wonderful.The pronounciation is "Kolatchkie", but I've never seen it spelled any other way than Kolacky! (Dough can be refrigerated and cookies frozen after making.)
Provided by Mareesme
Categories Dessert
Time 1h20m
Yield 5-6 dozen
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Cut butter into flour with two forks to resemble small peas, as you would pie crust. Stir in sour cream with serving spoon and mix well.
- Form into 2 balls and store, covered, in refrigerator to chill. Taking out one ball at a time, dust each with flour and roll on floured surface to approximately 1/8 thickness. (Note: If dough starts tearing, it may need more flour or to be chilled a bit more.).
- Cut with larger round cookie cutter or coffee cup, Fill center with approximately 1-2 teaspoons Solo, Bring up each side and pinch to close.
- Bake at 350 dg. for 12-15 minutes, until bottiom of cookie is just beginning to brown. Cool on wire racks then dust with powdered sugar. Enjoy!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 805.7, Fat 60.5, SaturatedFat 37.7, Cholesterol 158.4, Sodium 506.1, Carbohydrate 57.9, Fiber 2, Sugar 1.1, Protein 8.8
GRANDMA'S EASY KOLACKYS
We would always have these delicious cookies around the holidays at my house. This is the easiest recipe for making them and the end result is a very flaky pastry that takes little to no time to prepare. Fill the pastry with whatever filling you like. I oftentimes use the Bakers filling which come in a variety of...
Provided by Darell Bell
Categories Cookies
Time 25m
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- 1. Combine the softened butter and softened cream cheese until they are mixed together.
- 2. Add the flour to the butter and cream cheese mixture until all the flour is combined (do not over mix).
- 3. Form the dough into a ball and chill the dough overnight or freeze in the freezer and defrost before use.
- 4. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees
- 5. Divide the dough and in half. Leave one half in the fridge to stay cold. Roll the dough on a well floured surface to an 1/8 inch.
- 6. Using a square 2 1/2 inch cookie cutter or with a pizza cutter make squares. Note: They do not need to be perfect squares)
- 7. Once the squares are made add a teaspoon of your filling to each of the squares (do not overfill or the kolackys may burst open while baking.
- 8. To form the kolackys take two opposite corners and pinch them together (you should have a triangle shape).Fold the pinched corner down and pinch again to make sure it is sealed.
- 9. Place on a cookie sheet and baking the Kolackys for 7-9 minutes or until puffed and golden brown.
- 10. Remove the Kolackys from the oven and allow to cool before dusting with confectioner sugar.
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