Kolaches Recipe › Kolaches II

One of our Christmas breakfast traditions - we make cherry, apricot and blueberry.

Ingredients

• 1 cup shortening
• ½ cup white sugar
• 1 ½ teaspoons salt
• 2 ½ cups scalded milk
• 4 egg yolks, beaten
• ½ teaspoon lemon extract
• 1 ½ tablespoons active dry yeast
• 5 cups all-purpose flour
• ½ cup fruit preserves

Cooking Directions

1. Cream shortening and sugar together. Stir in salt, hot milk, beaten egg yolks, and flavoring. When lukewarm, add yeast to mixture. Let stand 5 minutes. Add flour, beating well. Knead down into bowl. The dough will be slightly sticky. Let rise 1 hour.
2. Cut off small balls of dough. Roll into rounds in your hands, and place on greased cookie sheets 2 inches apart. Let rise 15 minutes.
3. Make a depression into the center of each roll. Fill with fruit preserves.
4. Bake at 450 degrees F (230 degrees C) until brown. Watch carefully. Cool on wire racks.

Nutrition Facts

• calories152.5
• carbohydrateContent20.1 g
• cholesterolContent24.1 mg
• fatContent6.7 g
• fiberContent0.6 g
• proteinContent2.9 g
• saturatedFatContent1.8 g
• sodiumContent106.7 mg
• sugarContent5.8 g