Slovak Christmas Bread  (Kolacky)


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Slovak Christmas Bread  (Kolacky)

 

Basic Bread Dough
7 cups bread flour, sifted
7/8 cups sugar
1/2 T salt
1/2 lb butter
3 1/4oz yeast packets
2 cups warm milk
3 eggs, beaten

1. Dissolve yeast in 3/4 cup warm water with 3t sugar. Let stand 20 minutes. Use a large bowl, this will expand.
2. Mix flour, sugar, salt and butter until crumbly. Use big spaghetti sauce pot, dough will expand.
3. Pour yeast over flour, then add warm mild and eggs.  Blend well and knead for 10 minutes. Cover.

Proving:

1. For the first batch, set oven to 100 degrees and put dough in for 2 hours.
2. After oven is being used for baking, put dough on top of stove for 2 hours.
3. Punch down and knead for 1 minute
4. Divide dough into 10 balls, let stand 15 minutes

Making Rolls:

1. Roll out each ball to 8"x10", roll inside edge thinner
2. Spread filling out thicker in middle, thinner closer to edges
3. Roll up longer side to make 8" long roll. Fold ends over and seal
4. With runny filling like plum, better to have seam on top
5. Punch holes with a fork in top of roll nice and deep
6. Place rolls against each other, 4 to a cookie sheet
7. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes, cover with foil after 30 minutes, more for apple
8. Brush lightly with melted butter
9. Cool on wire rack

Poppyseed Filling
about 5 rolls
1 lb ground poppyseed
2 cups sugar
1/4 lb butter - melted

1. Mix poppyseed, melted butter and sugar in a pot, add enough water to moisten, start with 1/2 cup.
2. Cook until sugar is dissolved
3. Don't leave stove for 1 second - this will burn the minute you stop stirring.
4. Cool before using
5. May need to add a bit of water to loosen before speading

Nut Filling
about 3 rolls
This nut filling is from the Frugal Gourmet's recipe for Romanian Walnut Crescents. 
4 tablespoons butter or margarine
1/2 pound walnuts, ground
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla  - add after cooking
In a saucepan, place the butter, ground nuts, sugar, and milk and cook until thick, stirring to prevent sticking. add the vanilla. Cool before using on the dough.

Apple Filling
Thinly sliced apples, about 2 per roll
cinnamon
sugar
raisins
Spread out the apple slices on the dough. Sprinkle with sugar, cinnamon and raisins.

 

Plum Filling (Lekvar)
about 6 oz per roll

Plum Butter
Winner Blue Ribbon and Best of Section (Butters/Conserves/Marmalades) at 2001 Santa Clara County Fair!

10 cups chopped, pitted plums (~5 lbs.)
5 cups sugar - be sure to use cane sugar not beet sugar

Cook all ingredients at a very mild boil (less than medium heat) for 1 hour.

Take the pot off the stove and puree mixture with a hand blender until very smooth.

Cook about another 30 minutes.

Note to self: This is the time when it will stick and burn. Don't go wandering off, stay close and stir frequently.

The butter will be ready when you place a small amount on a plate and no water seeps out. It should be rich, smooth and dark.

After filling jars, return to a boiling water bath for 5 minutes. Take out and allow to cool. Jars should seal within the hour.

Yield: 9 8-oz jars

 

Apricot Filling
about 6 oz per roll


Apricot Butter
5 pounds apricots
2 1/2 cups sugar
2T lemon juice

Remove pits from apricots. If they are soft enough, you can just push the pits out with your hands.

Cook all the ingredients at a steady boil for 45 minutes.

Take the pot off the stove and puree mixture with a hand blender until very smooth. .

Cook on medium-low about another hour, stirring often. As the butter loses its water, there will be less steam.

Note to self: This is the time when it will stick and burn. Don't go wandering off, stay close and stir frequently.

The butter will be ready when you place a small amount on a plate and no water seeps out. It should be rich and smooth.

After filling jars, return to a boiling water bath for 5 minutes. Take out and allow to cool. Jars should seal within the hour.

Yield: 6 8-oz jars

 

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