Kolaczki

For the dough:
1 pound cream cheese, softened
4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 pound butter or margarine (softened)
2 egg whites

For the filling (choose one or more of the following):
raspberry jam
strawberry jam
apricot jam
nut filling (recipe below)

Combine cream cheese and butter until smooth. Add flour gradually, until a soft dough ball has formed. Cover and chill overnight. Preheat oven to 350 F. Roll out small sections of dough. (Keep remaining dough chilled.) Cut dough into rectangles roughly 1 1/2 x 2 inches. Place filling on one corner of the pastry and roll it up. Seal the edge with egg white. Alternately, cut dough into squares, place filling in center and bring opposite corners together in the center of the filling. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes.

Nut Filling
1 pound ground walnuts
2 cups sugar
water

Combine nuts and sugar. Gradually add water until mixture forms a stiff paste.

Note: In English, these are sometimes also spelled Kolaches.

Reviews of Kolaczki :

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lala in lala land May 17, 2008
Would make this again.
very good and tasteful.i wud have this for breakfast.

stacey amato in Alaska Aug 2, 2005
Would make this again.
being that i am Polish i remember making these cookies they are better homemade than store bought.i'm making these cookies for the men that are leaving to go fight in the war,they re leaving in december.they are going to love these.all of us wives are making something different for them.i wanted to make them something by hand not out of a box,like some of the others will do.this is going to be awesome to see their faces after biting into the cookie.yeahme...thank you stacey_inalaska

Megan Stevenson in Cleveland, Ohio Dec 6, 2003
Would make this again.
People can't believe I made these - many think these cookies are very difficult and best bought at a bakery. I was surprised how easy these were to make. The dough was easy to work with. I did find that thick jams worked better than thin or very clear jams.

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