How To Make Moravian Kolaches Food

HOW TO MAKE MORAVIAN KOLACHES

Steps:

• For the quark filling: Mix all the quark filling ingredients and place in the fridge until needed.
• For the plum filling: If your plum jam is overly thick, mix it with a little rum or water to soften it. Set aside until needed.
• For the streusel topping: In a saucepan melt the butter, add flour and sugar and mix with fork until crumbly. If the mixture is too wet, add a little flour. Set aside.
• To activate the yeast: In a bowl mix together yeast and 1 teaspoon sugar. Add 4 tablespoons warm milk, mix well and sprinkle with 1 tablespoon flour. Cover with plastic wrap and let rest for 10-15 minutes.
• To make the dough: In your electric mixer bowl (or a large bowl) mix flour, sugar, milk, butter, egg yolks and salt. Add the activated yeast. Knead with dough hook (or with wooden spoon) on low speed for about 10 minutes. Cover with plastic wrap and let rise for about one hour to double its volume.
• When the dough has risen turn it onto a lightly floured surface and roll it with rolling pin to a thickness of about ¼ inch (6mm). Cut dough into circles with 10cm (4 inch) cookie cutter or a glass (if you want small kolaches) or divide the dough into 10 equal pieces (if you want large kolaches). Reroll the scraps and cut out the last remaining circles. Press down gently on each piece with your hands to spread the dough and fill with quark filling (for the small sized kolaches, I used about 1 tablespoon of filling each). Pulling up the sides of the dough, wrap each kolach into a 'purse' shape.
• Preheat oven to 170°C (340°F). Line 2-3 baking sheets with parchment paper. Put each kolach onto a prepared baking sheet with seam side down. Gently make an indentation in the middle of each kolach with your thumb. Brush the top of the kolach with egg wash and fill the indented holes with a dollop of plum filling. Sprinkle it with streusel topping. Bake for about 20-25 minutes until golden brown.

BOHEMIAN KOLACHES

Steps:

• In a small bowl, dissolve yeast and 1 tablespoon sugar in warm milk; let stand 10 minutes. In a large bowl, combine 2 cups flour, remaining sugar, egg yolks, salt, butter and yeast/milk mixture. Mix until smooth. Add enough remaining flour to make a stiff dough. , Turn out onto a floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic, 6-8 minutes. Add additional flour if necessary. Place dough in greased bowl, turning once to grease top. Cover; let rise in a warm place until doubled in bulk, about 1 hour. , Punch dough down and allow to rise again. Roll out on floured surface to 1/2-in. thickness. Cut with large glass or 2-1/2-in. cutter. Place on greased baking sheets; let rise until doubled, about 45 minutes. , Firmly press indentation in center and fill each roll with a heaping tablespoon of filling. Brush dough with egg white. Bake at 350° for 10-15 minutes or until rolls are light golden brown.

BOHEMIAN KOLACHES WITH FOUR FILLINGS

Steps:

• Dissolve yeast in water until foamy.
• Heat milk, pour over butter and sugar. Stir until melted. Add 2 cups flour, then beat until smooth.
• Add yeast, eggs and salt. Add flour until a soft ball forms. Grease top; let.
• rise. Punch down and let rise again.
• Stretch dough on floured board to about 1/2-inch thickness. Cut into rounds using a soup can. Put on greased pans and let rise.
• When nice and puffy, make indentations in center and fill with favorite filling like prune, apricot, cottage cheese or poppy seed. When risen to a nice puffy look, bake at 375 degrees F until a golden color - cook 15 minutes then check every 3 minutes thereafter.
• Prune Filling:.
• Cook prunes until soft. Grind and add sugar, vanilla extract and cinnamon. Stir well.
• Apricot Filling:.
• Cook apricots until soft. Grind and add sugar. Sweeter is better. Stir well.
• Cottage Cheese Filling:.
• Put cottage cheese in blender. Add egg yolk, lemon juice, nutmeg and 4 tablespoons flour and blend some more. Take out of blender and add raisins. Sprinkle with 1 teaspoon flour and sugar.
• Poppy Seed Filling:.
• Mix together. Use enough cream to make it easier to put into kolaches.