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Christmas Around The World Recipe
Titsie Josie’s Kolacky Pastries
Kolacky have been in our family for years, “Titsie” (another word for aunt in our family) used to make these cookies every year; it was her special touch of jam and preserves we all looked forward to each Christmas. The bite of the cream cheese mixed with the sweet tastes of jam bring back so many memories watching her make these in the kitchen. We hope this recipe brings you some of the joy and memories it has brought to our family!
Ingredients
2 cups flour
2 sticks unsalted butter at room temperature
2 3 oz packages of cream cheese at room temperature
Pastry Filling or Preserves 2-3 jars to mix flavors such as blackberry, raspberry, and apricot
Directions
1. Allow your butter and cream cheese to come to room temperature this is important for the dough to set appropriately!
2. Blend Butter and Cream Cheese with a stand mixer or hand mixer until creamy
3. Once creamy slowly add in flour, let the dough get thick and stop your mixer. Once it is too thick for the mixer mix by hand.
4. Once mixed refrigerate overnight or at least 2 hours to get firm.
5. Once dough sets, Preheat your oven to 350 Degrees
6. Flour your surface and rolling pin just enough to roll out your dough and keep from sticking.
7. Roll out your dough to approximately 1/8” and cut your dough into squares approx. 2x2 so they are small enough to pinch together.
8. Turn the square onto a diagonal and put approx. 1 tablespoon of filling in the middle. Don’t overfill otherwise your filling will bake out of the pastry.
9. Fold the diagonal corners to make the pastry.
10. Bake in the oven on a non-stick pan at 350 degrees for approximately 18-20 minutes until golden brown (just like a regular sugar cookie on the bottom).
11. Let the cookies cool and sprinkle with powdered sugar.
12. Enjoy! Kolacky go great with a nice hot cup of cider or coffee!
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