Kolache Cookies
"Kolache are Czech pastries. Traditionally they are not cookies, but doughy yeast buns filled with jam or poppy seeds. In my family we always make a cookie version and I have to confess that Ive eaten a bunch of these prematurely."
Makes24 cookies
Preparation Time15 min
Chilling Time1 hr
Cooking Time10 min
Cooking Vessel Sizebaking sheets
Ingredients
- 1/2 pound butter, softened slightly (2 sticks)
- 8 ounce cream cheese, softened slightly
- 2 cup all-purpose flour, sfited
- 1 cup powdered sugar, plus more for sprinkling
- 1 jar preserves (not jelly), flavor of your choice
Instructions
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Cream butter and cream cheese.
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Mix in flour and powdered sugar to form a smooth dough. If the dough seems too loose, I add a cup more powdered sugar.
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Gather dough into a ball, flatten a round disk, saran wrap and chill for about 1 hour or overnight. This makes it easier to roll out and cut into circles. Roll dough out to somewhere between a " and " thickness. Using a 3-4" biscuit or round cookie cutter, cut circles, rerolling the scraps until you've used all the dough. Place circles onto an ungreased cookie sheet. Using your thumb make a deep impression in the center of each cookie. Fill that impression with about 1 tsp of preserve. (too much preserves will cause it to overflow, still yummy, but not pretty)
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Heat oven to 350 degrees. Bake until just beginning to brown on the bottom edges. 10-12 min.
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Cool completely. Sprinkle with powdered sugar right before serving.
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Cookies can be made ahead of time and frozen. If you freeze them, don't sprinkle with powdered sugar until ready to serve.