Kolaches

Name: Kolaches
Yield: Makes 16 kolaches
Ingredients: 1 cup, whole milk; 10 tablespoons, unsalted butter, melted; 1 large, egg plus 2 large yolks; 3 1/2 cups (17 1/2 ounces), all-purpose flour; 1/3 cup (2 ounces), sugar; 2 1/4 teaspoon, instant or rapid-rise yeast; 1 1/2 teaspoons, salt; 6 ounces, cream cheese, softened; 3 tablespoons, sugar; 1 tablespoon, all-purpose flour; 1/2 teaspoon, grated lemon zest; 6 ounces (3/4 cup), whole-milk or part-skim ricotta cheese; 2 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons, all-purpose flour; 1 tablespoon, unsalted butter, cut into 8 pieces and chilled; 2 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons, sugar; 1 large, egg beaten with 1 tablespoon milk

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Appears in Cook's Country December/January 2013, Cook's Country TV

Desserts or Baked Goods

These Czech pastries are ubiquitous in the Hill Country of Texas. (Who knew?) We wanted to come up with a recipe that a home baker (Texan or not) could be proud of.

SERVESMakes 16 kolaches

TIME1½ hours, plus 2½ hours rising and 20 minutes cooling

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Brought to America by Czech immigrants and popular in Texas, these sweet pastries are heaped with either fruit or cheese filling. Many recipes call for mixing the dough gently, but we found that lengthy kneading yielded a more supple dough ...

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