Kolaczki

For the dough:
1 pound cream cheese, softened
4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 pound butter or margarine (softened)
2 egg whites

For the filling (choose one or more of the following):
raspberry jam
strawberry jam
apricot jam
nut filling (recipe below)

Combine cream cheese and butter until smooth. Add flour gradually, until a soft dough ball has formed. Cover and chill overnight. Preheat oven to 350 F. Roll out small sections of dough. (Keep remaining dough chilled.) Cut dough into rectangles roughly 1 1/2 x 2 inches. Place filling on one corner of the pastry and roll it up. Seal the edge with egg white. Alternately, cut dough into squares, place filling in center and bring opposite corners together in the center of the filling. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes.

Nut Filling
1 pound ground walnuts
2 cups sugar
water

Combine nuts and sugar. Gradually add water until mixture forms a stiff paste.

Note: In English, these are sometimes also spelled Kolaches.

Reviews of Kolaczki:

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  judy in north carolina  Sep 8, 2008
Would make this again.
same recipe as my grandmother! (except the egg whites...i've never had them come apart without the egg whites).

we never use an electric mixer, only mix by hand (more work, but yields a much more tender cookie) and when we roll out the dough we roll in in POWDERED SUGAR! makes for a slightly sweeter and a little bit crispier cookie. however, it makes a holy mess, but it is well worth it!

we also use the solo brand fillings and thank for the great tip of piping the filling, that should save some mess! five stars

  A cookie baker in SW PA  Dec 24, 2007
Would make this again.
Decent recipe. I made mine with wh. wheat and it was very workable. Time was closer to 19 min. per batch. Sugar didn't melt as well as I would have liked. Great for a beginner.
Catherine five stars

  Jane in Wisconsin in Wisconsin  Dec 11, 2007
Would make this again.
I got this recipe from my Slovakian grandmother who came here when she was in her 20's and lived til she was 101. She always had a huge bowl of them waiting for us when we visited. She never wrote down any recipes but my mom and I guessed and it's identical except for the egg whites. They are a wonderful tradition. I don't put powder sugar on til I serve them. five stars

  Michelle in Adelaide  Dec 10, 2007
Would make this again.
POlish Pride!!!
these are soo yummy. im polish and my mum makes them all the time. five stars

  Anna in St. Louis  Dec 8, 2007
Would make this again.
My Croatian mother has made a version of these all my life and this recipe is even better. You can also cut into long triangles and put filling in the fat end and then roll into crescent shapes. Roll in granulated sugar while still warm. I used apricot preserves and strawberry preserves. Heavenly. five stars

  Barbara in Elyria Oh  Nov 28, 2007
Would make this again.
These cookies are great and the the recipe is easy to produce. I think most failures occur when people don't chill the dough.
When I fill the cookies - typically using Solo or Bakers brand filling, I use a pastry bag with no tip in it. The pastry bag give you more control and even division of the filling, you could also use a baggie snipped in the corner. five stars

  Bonnie in Kentucky  Nov 1, 2007
Would make this again.
I have made these cookies for years!!!!! We love them and my grown children crave them during Christmas!!!!! I love to use Solo fillings when I can find five stars

  Ricky Fodor in Satsuma,Fla  Aug 19, 2007
Would make this again.
Roll the dough out on powder sugar, while warm from the oven dust with powder sugar, you can freeze these as well. I suggest when defrosting dust again with powder sugar. I made this same recipe with my polish grandmother, solo fillings work great and one more note:350 is fine for electric range,but Gas range 325 for 15 min, and you can cook on parchment paper makes them golden and slide easy to remove. five stars

  anonomys in oklahoma  Dec 11, 2006
Would not make this again.
IT WAS HORRIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! one star

  rosie in binghamton n.y  Dec 9, 2006
Would make this again.
thank u for have this recipt out been looking for it me and my sister used to make them every year when we where younger five stars

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