One thing that I love is baking at the holidays. All through the month of December, you will find me trying out recipes, new versions of cookies that I make all year, new cookies that I have just heard of recently, but am dying to try my hand at, and of course, old versions of cookies that I only make this time of year. This is a Polish version of one of my favorite cookies. Kolacky. I really only make it between Thanksgiving and Christmas, though. It’s a must have at the holidays for me. There are various ways to make Kolacky. This version uses a cream cheese dough filled with a teaspoon of your choice of preserves. It is such an easy recipe, it can be filled with many different flavors, and in our house, it is one of the first to fly off the cookie platter. The original dough recipe is 3 simple ingredients: Butter, cream cheese and flour. As you may have already guessed, I am replacing the butter with avocado based plant butter. I am also subbing regular cream cheese with higher protein Greek cream cheese, and I am also adding 2 tbsp. of sugar to the dough, for sweetness. Just a little. If you would like to try this simple delicious Kolacky these are the ingredients you’ll need:
- 1 cup plant butter (preferably avocado)
- 8 oz. Greek cream cheese
- 2 cups of flour
- 2 tbsp. sugar
- At least two flavors of your preferred preserves. I used blueberry, and apricot here.
Preheat oven to 350*. You may be astounded at how easily this dough comes together. It’s as easy as creaming butter, cheese and sugar in your stand mixer, then slowly adding the flour, until a firm dough forms. You may want to refrigerate for an hour before baking. Mine didn’t seem to need it this time, but it sometimes does. Once dough is ready to roll out, roll to around 1/8 inch thickness, then, use a 3 inch square cookie cutter, (or a butter knife, and ruler), to cut out squares.
Set on cookie sheet, then spoon a teaspoon of preserves in the center of each square, fold opposite corners in, and pinch closed.
Once all are filled and closed, bake for 12-15 minutes, or until bottoms of cookie are lightly golden brown. Sprinkle tops with a smattering of powdered sugar. Let cool completely before serving.
Delicious.
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