Fruit Kolaches
Last week our nation saw a lot of tragedy. The Boston marathon bombing and the fertilizer explosion in West, TX. Both are difficult situations. While I have a friend who lives in Boston, I could relate more to the tragedy in West, TX. I lived about 60 miles from there for quite a few years. I have driven through West many times. I even stopped there a few times to get some of their wonderful food.
West is a community with a large population of Czechs. They host Westfest every year. It is a Czech & Polka festival. I never made it to Westfest, but it sounds like a lot of fun.
One Czech food I have tried and loved is kolaches. There are fruit kolaches, sausage kolaches (klobasnek), & cheese kolaches. My favorite are klobasnek. In honor of West, I've decided to learn to make kolaches. I'm going to make Fruit Kolaches & Klobasnek.
📖 Recipe
Fruit Kolaches
Ingredients
Kolaches Dough
- ¼ cup water
- 1 cup milk
- 4 tablespoon butter, cut into small pieces
- 2 ¼ teaspoon active dry yeast
- 2 large eggs
- ½ cup + 2 tablespoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 4 ¼ cups flour
Filling
- 15 tablespoon jam or pie filling
Instructions
- Add water, milk & butter to small bowl or 2 cup measuring cup. Heat in microwave to 110 - 115 degrees F. Heat 30 seconds at a time. It took 1 minute 15 seconds for me.
- Add liquid mixture to stand mixer bowl, sprinkle yeast over water and gently mix. Allow to stand for 5 minutes. Yeast will become foamy.
- Add 2 eggs, sugar, and salt. Turn mixer on low and mix thoroughly.
- Add flour in two batches and mix until just combined. If it's really wet, add ¼ cup flour. Allow dough to rest in bowl for 2 hours.
- The dough will be wet and sticky. After the 2 hours, place bowl of dough in refrigerator overnight or at least 4 hours.
- Divide dough into 15 balls. I floured my hands as I made the balls.
- Spray 9 x 13 pan with cooking spray. Place balls in pan. Allow to rest for 30 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 375.
- Using a spoon or your fingers press down in the middle just a little. Spoon jam into the indentation. I used my homemade blue raspberry jam. You can use fresh fruit, dried fruit, or any kind of jam or jelly.
- Bake for 20 - 25 minutes or until gold brown. Remove from the oven and brush bread with butter. Cool for 10 minutes and serve.
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Nutrition Information
Yield
15Serving Size
1Amount Per Serving Calories 258Total Fat 5gSaturated Fat 3gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 2gCholesterol 34mgSodium 222mgCarbohydrates 46gFiber 1gSugar 13gProtein 6g
The nutritional information provided here is not guaranteed to be accurate and is provided for informational (and google) purposes only.
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