Kolache Cookies

carebear68's Note:

These are my favorite cookies. This is my Grandma's recipe

• Total Time: 40 mins
• Prep Time: 30 mins
• Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 24

Yield: 2.0 dozen

• 1 cup butter
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
• 1 tablespoon milk
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 ½ cups flour
• 2 (12 ounce) cans pie filling (apricot is especially good)

Directions:

1. Cream butter, cream cheese, milk, with the yolk and sugar.
2. Add flour.
3. Mix well.
4. Chill dough for 15-20 minute.
5. Roll dough on a floured board, or cloth.
6. Cut with a round or square cutter. (the top of a glass or cup works fine, flour the rim of the glass/cup first).
7. Place a tablespoon of pie filling in the center, of the pastry and pinch two sides together.
8. Bake at 400 for 10-14.
9. After cookies cool sprinkle with powdered sugar.

Reviews

[Oh!Susannah]

Like the previous reviewer I, too, had to add quite a bit of extra flour to make the dough firm enough to roll out. Perhaps because of the extra flour, I thought the cookie part was rather dry and doughy. I shared them with my husband and with a neighbor. They both agreed with my assessment of the dough, but they did think the cookies were good overall.

[BasBleu]

I love these cookies. My grandfather used to make them, unfortunately he passed away without leaving us a written recipe, so I was glad to find one here. However, I found the flour wasn't quite enough - I needed to add almost 2 more cups to make the dough easily rollable without sticking to the table. Otherwise, they were delicious, and very easy to make. Thank you for sharing!