Cheater Almost Kolaches Recipes

KOLACHES II

Steps:

• 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.
• 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.
• Make a depression into the center of each roll. Fill with fruit preserves.
• Bake at 450 degrees F (230 degrees C) until brown. Watch carefully. Cool on wire racks.

CRANBERRY KOLACHES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine 2 cups flour, sugar, yeast and salt. In a saucepan, heat the milk, water and butter to 120°-130°. Add to dry ingredients; beat just until moistened. Add egg; beat until smooth. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a soft dough (dough will be sticky). Do not knead. Cover and let rest for 20 minutes., Turn dough onto a floured surface; roll to 1/2-in. thickness. Cut with a floured 2-1/2-in. biscuit cutter. Place 2 in. apart on lightly greased baking sheets. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour., Using the back of a spoon, make a 1-1/2-in.-wide well in the center of each roll. Combine filling ingredients; spoon into each well. Bake at 350° for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool., If glaze is desired, combine confectioners' sugar, extract and enough milk to achieve drizzling consistency. Drizzle over rolls. Store in the refrigerator.

CHEATER ALMOST KOLACHES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Either mix up a batch of your favorite biscuit dough and cut into 16 pieces or open a can of biscuits (the flaky kind is my favorite) and separate each biscuit into half (this should give you 16 biscuit halves).
• Take the 2 slices of cheese, cut each into 4 strips, and then cut those in half the other direction, giving you 16 short strips.
• Place 1 strip of cheese and 1 sausage onto each biscuit piece and wrap dough around them. Place seam side down on an ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake for 15-20 minutes, until golden brown. Brush the tops with melted butter and serve warm.
• You can of course, substitute any of your favorite kolache fillings.

CHEATERS CHICKEN AND BROCCOLI ALFREDO

Steps:

• Cook the linguine according to package directions.
• Add broccoli for last 4 minutes of cooking time.
• Drain.
• Heat butter in skillet.
• Add chicken and cook until browned (if precooked until heated) Combine soup, milk, cheese and pepper, whisk until smooth.
• Add linguine mixture and heat through.