Strawberry Cookies Czechoslovakian Food

CZECHOSLOVAKIA COOKIE ROLLS

Steps:

• For the dough: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease 2 baking sheets and set aside.
• In a mixer, beat the butter and sour cream until smooth, about 2 minutes. Gradually add the flour and salt until the dough comes together and pulls away from the side of the bowl. Refrigerate for at least 4 hours or overnight.
• Divide dough into 4 even pieces and roll into 9 by 12-inch pieces about 1/4-inch thick. Set aside.
• For the filling: In a medium bowl, combine all 4 ingredients and mix until smooth. Divide the filling into 4 even portions, and spread even amounts of filling on each piece of rolled out dough, leaving a 1-inch border. Roll lengthwise and transfer to a cookie sheet. Repeat with remaining pieces of dough, placing 2 rolls on each cookie sheet.
• Bake until golden at the edges, about 35 to 45 minutes. Slice while still warm into 1 to 2- inch slices. Cool completely on wire racks.

STRAWBERRY COOKIES (CZECHOSLOVAKIAN)

Steps:

• Grease an 8 x 8-inch pan.
• Cream butter & sugar.
• Add eggs & blend well.
• Gradually add flour.
• Spread evenly one-half of the butter mixture in bottom of pan.
• Spread evenly with the jam & sprinkle with chopped nuts.
• Spread the second half of the butter mixture on top of the jam.
• Bake at 325°F for about 45 minutes or until brown.
• Cut into bars when cool.

CZECHOSLOVAKIAN COOKIES

Steps:

• Set oven at 325 degrees (mod. slow).
• Grease an 8-inch square cake pan.
• In a mixing bowl, cream the butter until soft.
• Gradually add the sugar, creaming until light and fluffy.
• Add the egg yolks and blend well.
• Gradually add the flour and mix thoroughly.
• Then fold in chopped nuts.
• Spoon half the batter into the cake pan, spreading evenly.
• Top with strawberry jam and cover with the remaining cookie dough.
• Bake one hour or until lightly browned.
• Remove from oven, cool and cut into 1 x 2-inch bars.
• While warm, sprinkle lightly with sifted powdered sugar.
• Double the recipe for a large pan.

CZECH PASTRY CALL KOLACKY

Steps:

• Let butter and cream cheese soften in a bowl.
• When very soft mix together.
• Add salt and sugar.
• Add flour last and mix by hand. To get dough to the consistency of pie dough.
• Put the dough in wax paper in the refrigerator overnight.
• If you want to bake it today leave the dough in the refrigerator at least for 3 hours.
• Then take it out and divide it into 3 parts.
• Take 1 part of the dough and put it on a floured table. Flatten the dough to a 1/8 of inch thick.
• Then take a small juice glass and cut round circle in the dough. (Put some flour on the rim of the glass if the dough starts to stick). Take your thumb and make a dent in the middle of the dough. Fill it with apricot or any jam.
• Bake at 350 for about 15-20 minutes or until lightly brown.

CZECHOSLOVAKIAN COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease one 8 inch square baking dish.
• Cream the butter until soft and fluffy. Add the white sugar gradually, until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg yolks.
• Sift the cardamom, allspice and flour together. Gradually add it to the butter mixture and stir to combine well. Stir in the chopped pecans.
• Spoon 1/2 of the dough into the prepared pan, spreading evenly. Top with strawberry jam and cover with the remaining dough.
• Bake at 325 degrees F (165 degrees C) for 1 hour or until lightly browned. Cool then cut into 1 1/2 inch sized squares.

ROSHKY (SLOVAK COOKIES)

Steps:

• Cream together thoroughly the butter and cream cheese.
• Blend in the flour.
• If mixture is sticky add a little more flour until the dough is easy to handle.
• Divide dough into four equal balls; flatten, then wrap each in waxed paper and chill thoroughly.
• To make filling, mix together walnuts and sugar, adding enough milk or beaten egg white to make a paste-like mixture.
• One at a time, roll out each chilled piece of dough (use confectioner's sugar for rolling as you would use flour in making pastry), until a little thinner than pie dough.
• Cut into 2-inch squares.
• Put 1/2 teaspoon filling in the middle of each square.
• Roll up. Seal ends. (Mrs. Mikosz does not say if you are to roll them end-to-end like a log or corner-to-corner. I remember seeing many corner-to-corner cookies so will try both and see how they turn out - please let me know what you do too).
• With a fork, dipped in confectioner's sugar, shape into cresents.
• Bake in a preheated 375F oven, on ungreased cookie sheets, for 20 minutes, or until golden. (dharmabean shared that 15 minutes was enough in her oven - see her review).
• Cool on rack.
• Sift confectioner's sugar over the tops.