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Kolaches... filled alongside apple tree filling. I know I haven't posted inwards a slap-up while, but life has been quite busy for me. As much every bit I've wanted to postal service at to the lowest degree a recipe or ii during this long absence, I but haven't been able to practise hence until now. To brand a long storey short, I choose been busy moving from our one-time identify to a novel house... in addition to a novel place... in addition to all this during the wintery Montana months! As y'all tin imagine, my kitchen utensils weren't e'er available to me...
However, today I'm excited to finally portion a recipe alongside you:). It's an slowly kind of recipe alongside wonderful results! The dough is quite versatile... it tin live used every bit a sugariness dough (fruit/ nut/ nutella)... or fifty-fifty savory(think spiced dry soil meat/sausage rolls or fifty-fifty an onion filling).
The resulting recipe for Kolaches, came close when I establish myself alongside a container of frozen apple tree filling that I wanted to utilisation up. My thoughts initially was to make a strudel, but I had no phyllo dough on hand. Then I idea to brand an apple tree pie pizza, but didn't wishing to brand something that I choose been making likewise much of lately:). Incidentally, 1 of these days, I shall choose to brand the apple tree pizza again, exactly to postal service it here, because it is 1 of my favorites. In whatever case, because I had seen a video clip non likewise long agone on making uncomplicated in addition to slowly kolaches, I instantly idea the apple tree filling would operate amazingly good inwards kolaches. And it sure did!
While I made my kolaches alongside an apple tree filling, y'all tin opt to brand a cheese filling if y'all prefer...or endeavour about other fruit filling of choice. Since this recipe comes from Cook's Country, they include the cheese filling recipe, every bit good every bit the choice of making your ain fruit filling from frozen fruit. I've included the data every bit role of the recipe, fifty-fifty though I used my ain apple tree filling. You tin sure enough live creative in addition to brand whatever filling y'all prefer... but the dough is actually prissy to operate with. I choose plans to 1 24-hour interval brand kolaches that are filled alongside custard in addition to and hence topped alongside one-half on apricot(similar to these)... doesn't that audio good? I know at that spot are a ton of filling variations, hence the recipe is perfect....to brand 1 time again in addition to again... in addition to file it inwards the recipe index:). Hope y'all enjoy...
Note: The master copy recipe includes all role flour, but I used staff of life flour because I similar the effect I arrive sugariness doughs... however, experience gratis to utilisation all purpose. Also, piece the master copy recipe doesn't include whatever vanilla, I notice I can't bake without it:). You tin fifty-fifty add together about orange/lemon zest to the dough if y'all like.
Tip: You tin brand smaller kolaches... making 32 instead of sixteen in addition to using a smaller loving cup to brand indentations. I shout out back the smaller versions would live lovely every bit role of an afternoon tea menu.
You volition need: makes sixteen kolaches adapted from Cook's Country
Kolach dough:
1 loving cup whole milk, tin live directly out from fridge
10 tablespoons butter, melted
1 large egg summation ii large egg yolks
iii ½ cups staff of life flour
⅓ loving cup sugar
2¼ teaspoons instant yeast
1 ½ teaspoon salt, tin lower to taste
1 tsp vanilla extract, tin live optional
For a cheese filling:
half dozen ounces cream cheese, softened
iii tablespoons sugar, tin adjust to taste
1 tablespoon flour
½ teaspoon grated lemon zest
half dozen ounces (3/4 cup) ricotta cheese
vanilla extract, to taste
For a frozen type fruit filling:
10 ounces frozen pineapple, blueberries, or cherries
v tablespoons sugar
four teaspoons cornstarch
tin add together extract of choice, vanilla, almond, lemon etc
Streusel Topping:
1 tablespoon summation ii teaspoons all role flour
ii tablespoons summation ii teaspoons sugar
1 tablespoon unsalted butter cutting into 8 pieces in addition to chilled
Egg Wash:
1 egg mixed alongside 1 tablespoon milk
Powdered saccharide glaze, optional
mix pulverization saccharide alongside a flake of water/milk until drizzling consistency
Directions:
For the dough:
1. Combine milk, hot melted butter in addition to eggs together inwards criterion cup... in addition to add together vanilla extract, if using. Mixture may live lumpy.
2. Combine dry out ingredients inwards the bowl of a standing mixer in addition to hence add together milk mixture in addition to knead for ii minutes on depression speed until combined. Increase speed to medium in addition to proceed kneading for 8 to 12 minutes until dough no longer sticks to side of bowl. If the dough hasn't cleared the bowl afterwards 12 minutes, add together to a greater extent than flour, 1 Tablespoon at a time, upwardly to ii Tablespoons.
3. Place dough inwards an oiled bowl in addition to comprehend alongside plastic wrap... allow ascent inwards warm identify for 1 sixty minutes or until doubled.
( Alternately, adjust oven racks to upper-middle in addition to lower-middle positions. Place dough bowl on the upper-middle rack and place a small-scale pot on the lower-middle rack (underneath dough bowl)and pour iii cups boiling H2O into small-scale pot, closed oven door, in addition to allow dough ascent close 1 sixty minutes or until doubled.)
Tip: You tin also refrigerate dough overnight inwards a covered bowl, convey to room temp, in addition to allow to ascent till doubled in addition to proceed alongside recipe.
4. In the meantime, combine egg wash, brand streusel, brand filling of pick in addition to laid aside.
- For the Streusel: Combine all ingredients in addition to mix together alongside fingers. Cover in addition to refrigerate until needed
- For a Cheese Filling: Using stand upwardly mixer fitted alongside paddle, musical rhythm out the Cream Cheese, Sugar, Flour, in addition to Lemon Zest on depression speed until smooth, close 1 minute. Add Ricotta Cheese in addition to musical rhythm out until exactly combined, close thirty seconds. Transfer to bowl, comprehend in addition to refrigerate until laid to use.
- For a Fruit Filling: Combine 10 oz frozen Pineapple, Blueberries, or Cherries alongside v Tablespoons Sugar; in addition to four teaspoons Cornstarch inwards bowl. Microwave, covered, until bubbling in addition to thickened, close half dozen minutes, stirring halfway through cooking. Mash alongside a murphy masher. Let cool completely in addition to fill upwardly Kolaches every bit directed.
- For the Apple Filling... I used a previous frozen apple tree filling establish inwards my apple turnover recipe.(You may or may non utilisation all of the filling.)
To Assemble in addition to Bake the Kolaches:
- Line ii rimmed baking sheets alongside parchment paper.
1. After dough has risen, take from bowl in addition to flatten dough into a rectangular form alongside fingers...divide dough into quarters, in addition to cutting each quarter into four equal pieces.... resulting inwards sixteen pieces
2. Form each slice into a smooth, tight ball. Arrange 8 balls on each baking sail in addition to comprehend loosely alongside plastic wrap.
3. Place the baking sheets inwards a warm identify in addition to allow to double. (alternately identify sheets inwards the oven, supersede the H2O inwards the small-scale pot alongside iii cups boiling water, closed oven door in addition to allow ascent until doubled, close xc minutes or until nicely doubled in addition to puffy.)
- Preheat oven to 350 Deg F
4. Grease in addition to flour the bottom of a ⅓ loving cup dry out mensurate or a drinking glass alongside a 2¼ inch diameter in addition to utilisation to brand deep indents on overstep of each ball until bottom of criterion loving cup touches baking sheet.
5. Fill each indentation alongside close 1.5 tablespoons of filling... utilisation your choice.
6. Brush tops of each pastry alongside egg wash, in addition to and hence sprinkle sides alongside streusel
7. Bake for twenty to 25 minutes (do non over bake, lightly colored) in addition to allow cool for close twenty minutes. Glaze alongside powdered saccharide glaze if desired.
Tip: if y'all excogitation on freezing about baked. allow to cool in addition to twine good earlier placing inwards freezer. Defrost in addition to warm slightly earlier serving.
