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kolaski cookie recipe

Kolaski Cookie Recipe

This Kolaski Cookie Recipe will make your leftover jam sing!
5 from 3 votes
Prep Time 1 hour
Cook Time 30 minutes
Cool Time 4 hours
Course Dessert
Cuisine Polish
Servings 25 cookies

Equipment

  • silicone baking mat
  • parchment paper
  • baking sheet
  • Pizza Cutter

Ingredients
  

Ingredients for the kolaski cookie recipe

  • 3 oz cream cheese at room temperature
  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter (1 stick), at room temperature
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup jam or other pastry filling (we also like ground nut and poppy seed filling, or you can use the sweet cream filling recipe below)
  • 1 egg white
  • 1/3 cup powdered sugar for decoration

Sweet Cream Filling

  • 4 oz cream cheese
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 2 tbsp granulated sugar
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/2 tsp lemon zest optional

Instructions
 

For the cream cheese dough

  • In the bowl of a stand mixer using the paddle attachment on medium speed, or in a large bowl using a hand mixer, combine cream cheese and butter, until smooth.
  • Add flour and salt slowly until well blended. 
  • Shape each into a ball, cover in plastic wrap and flatten to about 1 inch thick, and chill overnight or for several hours.

For the sweet cream filling

  • Beat cream cheese and sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer, using the paddle attachment until smooth. 
  • Add egg yolk, vanilla and lemon if using.
  • Refrigerate in an airtight container until you are ready to use.

For assembly

  • Preheat oven to 350 F. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.
  • Use a rolling pin to roll dough out into a (roughly) 10 x 10 inch square, 1/ 8-inch thickness on a floured work surface.
  • Using a ruler and a pizza cuttercut into 25 2-inch squares. Place about 1/2 teaspoon of filling in the center of the cookies.
  • Overlap each opposite corner and pinch together, brushing if needed with a little bit of water to seal the edges of the dough.
  • Bake 14 minutes in preheated oven until golden brown.
  • If you have scraps, chill and reroll. Repeat with second dough packet.
  • Transfer cookies to prepared sheet. Cool cookies on wire rack. Sprinkle lightly with confectioners’ sugar

Notes

  • A note on sweet cream filling: If you want to add a Cuban spin to your Kolaski, combine sweet cream filling and guava paste. Take a bite and pump your fist because you just beat our favorite local Cuban bakery Porto‘s at their own game.
  • These cookies keep nicely for several days in an airtight container.
Keyword cream cheese, guava, jam, nuts, poppy seed
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