Cheese Or Fruit Filled Kolaches W Streusel Food

CZECH SWEET ROLLS (KOLáčE)

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• In a small bowl, dissolve yeast and sugar in warm water, blending with a fork. Set aside.
• In a blender or food processor, place 2 cups warm milk, potato flakes, 1 tablespoon salt, 3/4 cup sugar, eggs, and oil. Blend until well mixed.
• Place 4 cups flour into a large bowl or stand mixer bowl fitted with a paddle attachment. Add mixture from blender and mix.
• Add yeast and up to 1 additional cup of flour if the dough is too sticky. Mix until the dough is smooth. It will be sticky.
• Cover with greased plastic wrap and let rise until doubled.
• Gather the ingredients.
• While the dough is rising, make the poppy seed filling by combining ground poppy seeds, 1 1/2 cups milk, vanilla, corn syrup, 1/2 cup sugar, 3 tablespoons butter, 2 tablespoons flour, and a pinch of salt in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil over low heat.
• Reduce heat and simmer for 30 minutes, stirring frequently.
• Cool completely before using. Can be made ahead and stored in the refrigerator for up to one week.
• Gather the ingredients.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together 1/2 cup flour, 1/2 cup sugar, and optional coconut until well mixed.
• Cut in 1/4 cup butter until coarse crumbs result. Set aside.
• Using a medium cookie scoop, portion out equal-sized pieces of dough and roll into a ball.
• Place on parchment-lined baking pan, brush with oil and cover with plastic wrap and let rise until almost doubled.
• Using the bottom of a floured glass or with your fingers, make an indentation in the tops of the koláče and dollop with poppy seed filling or your favorite.
• Sprinkle streusel on top and bake for 11 to 12 minutes.
• Remove from oven and brush sides of koláče with a mixture of 3 tablespoons hot water and 1 tablespoon sugar.
• Serve and enjoy.

CZECH KOLACHE RECIPE

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, heat the milk until lukewarm. Pour the dry yeast and a teaspoon of sugar into the milk. The sugar will encourage the yeast to activate. Stir everything with a spoon and leave it in a warm place for about 10-15 minutes until foam forms on the surface.
• Meanwhile, melt the butter, which should be semi-liquid but not hot. Around 30 seconds in a microwave are ideal.
• Add the flour, sugar, salt into a mixing bowl. Add an egg, vanilla, melted butter, and activated yeast with milk.
• Begin with the dough. Roughly combine all ingredients in a bowl with a fork. Turn the mixture out onto a floured work surface and use your hands to work it into a smooth elastic dough. If the dough is too sticky, dust it with a tablespoon of flour and continue kneading. Repeat until the dough is no longer sticky.
• Put the dough back into the bowl, cover with a clean kitchen towel and let it rise in a warm place for 40 minutes.
• Transfer the dough to a work surface and divide it into equal parts. If you have a kitchen scale and want kolache the same size, weigh each piece on the scale. The weight of a piece of dough for one pie is around 1 and ½ oz (45 g).
• Shape each piece of dough into a ball. Place it on a baking sheet lined with wax paper. Leave enough space between the balls so that the cakes don't touch and bake into a square later. The classic Czech kolach is round!
• Let the dough balls rise in a warm place for another 40 minutes. Cover the dough with a clean tea towel if you leave the dough to rise on the kitchen counter.
• Time to shape kolache! We need to create a beautiful round kolach and create a depression in the center for the filling placement. Take a round-bottomed vessel about 3 inches in diameter, such a glass. I used a ½ measuring cup. Wrap the bottom with a clean dish towel so that there are no creases. Press the wrapped vessel evenly into the dough with light pressure from above. The kolach is stretched out wide and round, and an indentation is made in the middle for the filling.
• In a shallow bowl, beat an egg using a fork and create an egg wash. Brush it over the edges of the kolache pastries.
• Now, place the filling in the middle of each kolach. Just about 1 to 1.½ tablespoons per kolach are enough. If you like, sprinkle the cakes with streusel topping.
• Let's bake kolache! Preheat the oven to 340 °F (170 °C). Place the sheet with kolache in the oven and bake for 15-20 minutes until the edges are golden brown.

CHEESE FILLING

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, cream together cream cheese and sugar. Beat in egg and vanilla. Refrigerate before using to fill pastries prior to baking them.