Polish Cream Cheese Kolaczki- Poland #90

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Polish Cream Cheese
Kolaczki- Poland #90

There is some debate as to who invented kolaczki (plural). Poles claim it but so do Croatians, Czechs and others. Kolaczk is a cream cheese dough cake, with an apricot, raspberry or prune filling. It can be round, square or rhombus shaped. The dough can be flaky or yeast-risen. I've chosen the flaky dough.

Ingredients:

1- 8oz. cream cheese, softened
3 sticks softened butter
3 c. all-purpose flour
2- 14oz. jars jams of choice (apricot, prune, raspberry, etc.)
Confectioners' sugar

  1. Mix cream cheese and butter until light and fluffy.
  2. Add flour 1 cup at a time and mix well.
  3. Wrap dough in plastic and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
  4. Heat oven 350F.
  5. Roll out dough 1/4 inch on a surface that has been dusted with equal parts confectioners' and granulated sugars (not flour).
  6. Cut into 2" squares.
  7. Place 1/2 -1 tsp. jam on center of each square.
  8. Overlap opposite corners of dough to the center over jam.
  9. Bake for 15 mins. or when corners start to brown.
  10. Cool and dust with confectioners' sugar.

Results: These are actually little (2 bites) pastries, in rhombus shape, not a cake. I use to buy these at a bakery near where I grew up in Brookline, MA. It was exciting to be able to make them, which was not difficult.  The most challenging part was getting the lapping over of the pastry dough to stick. A lot of the Kolaczki opened up.  I used different fruit preserves for the filling.
Bottom Line: I'll definitely make these again. They were delicious!
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