Best Grandpas Hungarian Kolacky Recipes

GRANDPA'S HUNGARIAN KOLACKY

Steps:

• Combine butter and cream cheese completely, add flour and mix well.
• Divide dough into 4 balls; wrap each in plastic wrap and chill 24 hours.
• Roll out each ball (on floured surface) to 1/8". (Be sure to keep them thin, as this keeps them "light!")
• Cut out silver-dollar sized cookies; place on ungreased cookie sheets.
• Drop 1/2 teaspoon jelly in center of each cookie and bake at 350* for 7-8 min. (Just until edges begin to brown.) I always bake the cookies flat; however, the edges may be pinched or rolled together as well!
• Lightly sift powdered sugar over cookies and serve.

HUNGARIAN WALNUT COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and cream cheese until blended. Gradually beat flour into creamed mixture. Divide dough into 3 portions. Shape each into a disk. Wrap and refrigerate 1 hour or until firm enough to roll., Preheat oven to 375°. For filling, in a small bowl, beat egg whites and vanilla on medium speed until foamy. Gradually add sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, beating on medium after each addition until well blended. Stir in walnuts., Generously coat a work surface with confectioners' sugar. Roll 1 portion of dough into a 12-in. square about 1/8 in. thick, sprinkling with additional confectioners' sugar as necessary to coat well. Cut into sixteen 3-in. squares., Shape 2 teaspoons filling into a small log about 2 in. long. Place diagonally onto a square. Overlap opposite corners of dough over filling; pinch tightly to seal. Place 2 in. apart on greased baking sheets. Repeat with remaining dough and filling., Bake until bottoms are golden brown, 9-11 minutes. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool completely. Dust with confectioners' sugar., To Make Ahead: Dough can be made 2 days in advance. Wrap and store in an airtight container in the refrigerator. , Freeze option: Freeze cookies in freezer containers. To use, thaw before serving. If desired, dust with additional confectioners' sugar.

HUNGARIAN KOLACHE (NUT ROLL)

Steps:

• Dissolve yeast and sugar in warm water. Wait until it is activated before adding to dry ingredients.
• Mix together the flour sugar and salt.
• Stir in eggs, melted butter, sour cream and dissolved yeast.
• Mix well.
• Let dough rest for 10 minutes, covered with a mixing bowl with some flour underneath to prevent dough from sticking.
• Divide into 4 egual parts.
• Roll out separately onto a floured board into a 14 x 12 rectangle.
• Spread with 1/4 of nut mixture and cover dough to within one inch from the edge.
• Begin to roll up jelly roll fashion from the 12 inch side.
• Seal edge.Tuck ends under Put seam side down on cookie sheet covered with parchment paper.
• Cover with clean cloth.
• Continue to roll and fill dough covering each with cloth.
• Let rise for one hour or until double in bulk.
• You can place 2 rolls on one cookie sheet.
• Bake at 325 degrees for 30 to 35 minutes or until lightly browned.
• Transfer to a wire rack and cool.
• Can be frozen.

GRANDMA'S EASY KOLACKYS

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.

CZECH PASTRY CALL KOLACKY

Steps:

• Let butter and cream cheese soften in a bowl.
• When very soft mix together.
• Add salt and sugar.
• Add flour last and mix by hand. To get dough to the consistency of pie dough.
• Put the dough in wax paper in the refrigerator overnight.
• If you want to bake it today leave the dough in the refrigerator at least for 3 hours.
• Then take it out and divide it into 3 parts.
• Take 1 part of the dough and put it on a floured table. Flatten the dough to a 1/8 of inch thick.
• Then take a small juice glass and cut round circle in the dough. (Put some flour on the rim of the glass if the dough starts to stick). Take your thumb and make a dent in the middle of the dough. Fill it with apricot or any jam.
• Bake at 350 for about 15-20 minutes or until lightly brown.

GRANDMA'S KOLACKY COOKIES

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!

CZECH PASTRY COTTAGE CHEESE KOLACKY

Steps:

• Let butter soften in a bowl.
• When very soft mix butter and cottage cheese together.
• Add salt and sugar.
• Add flour last and mix by hand. To get dough to the consistency of pie dough.
• Put the dough in wax paper in the refrigerator overnight.
• If you want to bake it today leave the dough in the refrigerator at least for 3 hours.
• Then take it out and divide it into 3 parts.
• Take 1 part of the dough and put it on a floured table. Flatten the dough to a 1/8 of inch thick.
• Then take a small juice glass and cut round circle in the dough. (Put some flour on the rim of the glass if the dough start to stick). Take your thumb and make a dent in the middle of the dough. Fill it with apricot or any jam.
• Bake at 350 for about 15-20 minutes or until lightly brown.