Recipe - Grandma Vavriceks Kolache Recipe

2 ENVELOPES ACTIVE DRY YEAST
One fourth cup LUKEWARM WATER
1 tablespoon SUGAR
1 cn EVAPORATED MILK WITH ENOUGH
WATER ADDED TO MAKE 2 CUPS
Three fourths cup BUTTER
Three fourths cup SUGAR
2 teaspoon SALT
4 EGG YOLKS PLUS ONE WHOLE EGG
SLIGHTLY BEATEN
1 teaspoon GRATED LEMON RIND
6 One fourth cup SIFTED FLOUR
SOFTENED BUTTER AS NEEDED
Topping
1 cup Flour
One half cup Sugar
One fourth cup Butter or margarine
Poppy Seed Filling
1 cn Poppy Seeds
One fourth cup Vanilla Crumb Wafers
One fourth cup Pecan Meal Or Finely Chopped
Pecans
1/3 cup Honey
Cream Cheese Filling
8 ounce Cream Cheese
2 Egg Yolks
One fourth cup Sugar

Grated Rind Of One Lemon

In a small bowl dissolve yeast in warm water. Sprinkle with 1 tbsp sugar
and let stand. Scald milk in sauce pan. Remove from heat and stir in
butter and One half cup sugar. Cool to lukewarm. Add salt and egg yolks. Combine
milk mixture to yeast in large bowl. Bit by bit add the flour until all has
been used. Knead dough on lightly floured board until glossy. Place in
bowl, cover to let rise in warm place (80ø) until doubled in bulk about 1
hour. This dough will not be quite as stiff as a roll dough. Now using a
tablespoon take eggsized bits of the dough and roll into balls on the
floured board. Place on greased baking sheet about 1 inch apart. Brush
each with softened butter. Let rise again. covered until light. Make an
indentation in each, large enough to hold 1 tsp of fruit filling. Sprinkle
fruit with some of the topping. Bake at 425ø for 15 minutes. Remove from
oven. Brush with softened butter immediately. Cool kolaches on wire rack.
Makes about 3 One half dozen.

Topping: Mix all ingredients together in mixer until the consistency of
cornmeal.

POPPY SEED FILLING: Mix well. Place by teaspoon full into kolache
indentations.

CREAM CHEESE FILLING: Beat all ingredients together and place by teaspoon
full i indentations.

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