Kolache (pronounced ko-LAH-chee) are a Texas specialty with Czech origins. Brought to the American South by Central European immigrants in the late 1800s, they combine a soft, yeasted dough, slightly sweet and a bit tangy, with savory or sweet fillings ranging from sausages and cheese to sweet cream cheese and fruit preserves. The recipe below gives them a sweet filling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This recipe takes a while because of a need to both chill the dough and let the pastry rounds rise, but the hands-on steps are simple. You can substitute any berry for the blueberries or use a different fruit altogether such as peaches, apricots or cherries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ingredients<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n For the dough:<\/em> For the filling:<\/em> Directions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 1. In a large mixing bowl, combine 1-1\/2 cups of the flour, yeast, sugar and salt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2. In a microwave-safe dish or a small saucepan, combine the water, sour cream and butter and heat until warm, about 125 degrees F.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3. Add this mixture to the dry ingredients slowly while beating with an electric mixer set on medium speed. Add the eggs and 1 cup of the remaining flour and beat on high speed for 2 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4. With a wooden spoon, stir the remaining 2 cups of flour into the dough until well incorporated. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and chill in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours (or as long as 24 hours).<\/p>\n\n\n\n 5. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 6. Split the dough into quarters and split each quarter into 6 equal-sized pieces (for 24 pieces total).<\/p>\n\n\n\n 7. Form each piece into a ball and arrange the balls, spaced 2 inches apart, on the prepared baking sheet. Cover loosely and let rest at room temperature for 15 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 8. In a medium saucepan, combine the blueberries, sugar, water and cornstarch and cook over medium heat for about 5 minutes, until the blueberries begin to break down and the mixture begins to thicken. Remove from the heat and let cool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 9. Use your thumb or the back of a soup spoon to press a wide indentation into the top of each ball of dough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 10. Spoon the filling into the indentations, using about a tablespoon for each pastry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 11. Cover the pastries with a sheet of plastic wrap that has been sprayed with cooking oil spray. Set in a warm place on your countertop to rise for 90 minutes to 2 hours, until doubled in size.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 12. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and make the streusel topping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 13. In a small bowl, combine the flour, sugar and butter and mix, using your hands, until the mixture resembles a coarse meal. Sprinkle the topping over the filled pastries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 14. Bake the pastries for about 25 minutes, until lightly browned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 15. Remove the pastries from the baking sheet and let cool on a wire rack<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Kolache (pronounced ko-LAH-chee) are a Texas specialty with Czech origins. Brought to the American South by Central European immigrants in the late 1800s, they combine a soft, yeasted dough, slightly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3149,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tastyfood.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tastyfood.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tastyfood.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tastyfood.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tastyfood.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3148"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tastyfood.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3150,"href":"https:\/\/www.tastyfood.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3148\/revisions\/3150"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tastyfood.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tastyfood.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tastyfood.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tastyfood.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
4-1\/2 cups all-purpose flour, divided
2 envelopes instant yeast
1\/2 cup granulated sugar
1-1\/2 teaspoons salt
1\/2 cup water
1 cup sour cream
1\/2 cup unsalted butter
2 eggs<\/p>\n\n\n\n
3 cups fresh blueberries
3 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon water
2 teaspoons cornstarch
For the topping:
1\/3 cup all-purpose flour
1\/3 cup granulated sugar
3 tablespoons cold butter, cut into small pieces<\/p>\n\n\n\n