Kolaches? Has anyone had them? And where do you buy them.?

Answer 1

Hi, from Texas !!!

You can buy Kolaches at some Donut Shoppes, but you can also make them at home...this recipe is for my very favorite kind of Kolache, but I also love the Cheese Kolaches...I've been eating Kolaches since a was a little girl, my Aunt, who lived in the country, even had a country bakery that specialized in Kolaches, both savory & sweet.

Dorothy Bohac's Kolache Recipe

Dough

3 pkgs dry yeast
1/2 cup warm water
1 teaspoon sugar
2 sticks butter
3/4 cup sugar
3 egg yolks
2 3/4 cups milk (scald and cool to lukewarm)
7 1/4 cups flour (more or less)
3 teaspoons salt

Dissolve yeast in the 1/2 cup warm water in a tall glass, sprinkle with 1 teaspoon sugar and set aside to proof. In a large bowl, cream sugar and butter, add egg yolks and salt and mix well. Add the dissolved yeast, 1 cup of the flour and mix slowly with an electric mixer. Add the milk and continue adding as much of the remaining flour as you can mix in with a wooden spoon. Knead in enough of the remaining flour to make a moderately soft dough. Continue kneading until smooth and elastic, about 5 minutes. Place dough in a greased bowl, turn once to grease surface. Cover and let rise until doubled in bulk, about 1 to 1 1/2 hours.

Punch dough down and turn out onto lightly floured surface. Pinch off egg size portions and roll into a ball using the palm of your hands in circular motion. Place about 1 inch apart on greased pans. Brush kolaches with melted butter, cover with a cloth and let rise until light, about 1 hour.

Use your fingers to make an indentation in each ball and fill each opening with about 1 tablespoon of filling. Sprinkle with posypka topping (optional) and let rise again for 20 minutes. Bake in a preheated 425-degree oven for about 10-15 minutes. Brush kolaches with melted butter as they come out of the oven.

Posypka Topping

1 cup sugar
1/2 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
2 tablespoons melted butter

Mix together until mixture resembles coarse meal.

Poppyseed Filling

1 1/2 cup poppyseeds
1 cup sugar
2 cups milk
2 tablespoons butter
1 tablespoon flour

Combine poppyseeds, sugar and milk, and cook over medium heat until mixture begins to thicken. Add butter, then flour which has been dissolved in a little bit of water. Cook, stirring constantly until poppyseed is done, at least 30 minutes. Allow to cool before use. Leftover filling can be frozen.

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Cream Cheese Filling

16 oz cream cheese
2 egg yolks
1/2 cup sugar
grated rind of one lemon
1 teaspoon vanilla

Soften the cream cheese. Beat remaining ingredients together with cream cheese in a medium-sized bowl. 24 servings
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Prune Filling

12 oz dried, pitted prunes
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon grated lemon or orange peel

Place the prunes in a bowl and cover them completely with boiling water. Let them sit overnight (or at least 6 hours) to rehydrate. Drain the liquid off and mash prunes thoroughly with a fork or run them through a food processor. Add the cinnamon, sugar, and lemon zest. Mix thoroughly. Fills 24 kolaches.
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Apricot filling: Cook a 10-oz package of dried apricots slowly in enough water to cover until fruit is soft and water is cooked out. Do not cover or fruit turns dark. Add 1 1/2 cups sugar or more to taste and mash with a potato masher until well blended. Filling for about 2 dozen kolaches.

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Coconut Filling:

Mix together 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed in cup, 1/2 cup coconut and 3 tablespoons butter.

Fruit Filling:

2 cup chopped apples, 1 cut raisins, 1 cup brown sugar packed, 1/2 cup water, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon. Boil about 15 minutes until thick as mincemeat. Cool before using.

Apple Filling:

Cook sweetened apples until thick. Flavor with cinnamon or grated lemon rind. Add a pinch of salt and tablespoon of butter for each cupful of apples. Place spoonful in hollow of Kolache and sprinkle with coconut or chopped pecans.

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BASIC FRUIT FILLING:
16 ounces fruit (such as prunes, cherries, apricots,
peaches or blueberries)
Enough water to barely cover fruit (about ¼ to ½ cup)
1 cup sugar
1 dollop butter (about a tablespoon)
Boil fruit and water until fruit is tender, about 15 to 20 minutes. Drain, mash and add sugar and butter. Allow to cool, and spoon into kolache dough.
Yield: Fills 2 dozen kolaches

PINEAPPLE FRUIT FILLING:
1 14-ounce can crushed pineapple, with juice
½ cup sugar
2 heaping tablespoons cornstarch
1 dollop butter
Place ingredients in saucepan and simmer on medium heat until mixture thickens, about 5 minutes. Allow to cool and spoon into kolache dough.
Yield: Fills 2 dozen kolaches

Answer 2

As a person of Slovak Heritage, I know Kolaches well.
They are little pastries with filling (cherry, cheese, apricot, etc..)

Bakeries usually carry them.
I don't know where you are, but Giant Eagle (supermarket) does carry them in their in-store bakery ,also..

Answer 3

Great pastries! I made them a couple of times and they tasted better than they looked. Cooking and baking are two of my favorite hobbies.

Answer 4

Great. Check phone book in big cities.

Answer 5

they are really good..but i have only had the ham and cheese ones..it was awsome!!! i got it at a gas station where they sold tacos ...laredo taco company, inside of circle k!!!