Grannies Cream Cheese Kolacky Recipes

CREAM CHEESE KOLACKY

Steps:

• Mix cream cheese and butter until smooth. Add flour slowly until well blended. Shape into a ball and chill overnight or for several hours.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C).
• Roll dough out 1/8 inch thick on a floured pastry board. Cut into 2 1/2 inch squares and place about 1/2 teaspoon jam or preserves in the center. Overlap opposite corners and pinch together. Place on ungreased cookie sheets.
• Bake for 10 to 12 minutes in the preheated oven. Cool on wire racks. Sprinkle kolacky lightly with confectioner's sugar.

EASY KOLACKY

Steps:

• Place the cream cheese and butter in a large bowl; beat with electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Beat 1/2 cup of confectioners' sugar into the butter mixture. Slowly beat in the flour; mix well. Cover bowl and refrigerate at least 3 hours, or overnight.
• Preheat an oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• On a well floured board, roll out chilled dough to 1/8 inch. Use a pizza wheel to cut dough into 2 1/2 inch squares. Spoon approximately 2 teaspoons of filling in the center of each square; do not overfill. Fold opposite corners of each square into the middle to encase dough, pinching dough together in center. Filling should peek out a little at each end. Transfer cookies to an ungreased baking sheet.
• Bake the kolacky in the preheated oven until set but not brown, about 12 minutes. Remove to racks to cool. Dust cooled kolacky with remaining powdered sugar.

GRANDMA'S EASY KOLACKYS

Steps:

• 1. Combine the softened butter and softened cream cheese until they are mixed together.
• 2. Add the flour to the butter and cream cheese mixture until all the flour is combined (do not over mix).
• 3. Form the dough into a ball and chill the dough overnight or freeze in the freezer and defrost before use.
• 4. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees
• 5. Divide the dough and in half. Leave one half in the fridge to stay cold. Roll the dough on a well floured surface to an 1/8 inch.
• 6. Using a square 2 1/2 inch cookie cutter or with a pizza cutter make squares. Note: They do not need to be perfect squares)
• 7. Once the squares are made add a teaspoon of your filling to each of the squares (do not overfill or the kolackys may burst open while baking.
• 8. To form the kolackys take two opposite corners and pinch them together (you should have a triangle shape).Fold the pinched corner down and pinch again to make sure it is sealed.
• 9. Place on a cookie sheet and baking the Kolackys for 7-9 minutes or until puffed and golden brown.
• 10. Remove the Kolackys from the oven and allow to cool before dusting with confectioner sugar.

GRANNIES CREAM CHEESE KOLACKY

Steps:

• Cream butter and cream cheese, add egg yolks, mix well. Add lemon rind and vanilla. Sift dry ingredients together. Add oatmeal to cream cheese mixture and mix in by spoon.
• Chill dough at least 2 hours. Then roll thin (1/4") on a slightly floured board. Cut into 2 ½" circles. Place on cookie sheet and make indentation in center with thumb and fill with about 1 teaspoons of filling such as Solo brand.
• Bake 20 minute at 350 degrees. When cool sift powdered sugar over them.
• **Rather than roll out the dough, I use a little scoop, then roll the dough balls in flour. Then place on cookie sheet. Flatten out with bottom of a flat bottom glass and make indentation with a small bottle cap. You can sprinkle fine ground nuts or coconut over the filling after they baked so the kolachy doesn't stick together when you store them.