Recipe - Grandmothers Kolachi

6 cup Flour
1 lg FRESH yeast
1 teaspoon Salt
One half pound Margarine
One half cup Sugar
2 cup Warm milk
3 Eggs

Besides the above you will need filling for the kolachi. Lekvar, poppy
seed, apricot, and nut are four great choices. Scald milk and set aside to
cool. Melt Oleo and set aside to cool. It is cool enough when you can test
a drop of it on your wrist without burning yourself. While waiting for the
scalded milk and oleo to cool, Shift DRY ingredients in a large bowl. Make
like a crater in the center of the dry ingredients. Dissolve yeast in the
scalded milk. Pour into the crater along with the oleo. Break in the 3
eggs. Mix thoroughly. Cover with a white towel or cloth. Set in a warm
place away from drafts. Let rise until it is double in bulk, about 2 hours.
Remove dough to a floured board. Kneed the dough. Divide into six parts.
Let set and rise about 10 to 15 minutes. Meanwhile break an egg into a cup.
Beat well. Roll each piece of dough out. Spread your filling. Bring ends in
and roll up. Pinch the ends and place each roll on a cookie sheet. You can
get three rolls to one sheet but don't put them to close together. With a
pastry brush, brush the beaten egg on the top of each roll. The egg will
give the rolls a brown glazed color. Bake at 375 degrees until the rolls
are brown. I can't tell you the exact amount of time but, it's about 30 to
35 minutes I think. To test for doneness: Lightly tape the top of each roll
with a fork. If they sound hollow and they are brown then they are done.
Remove from oven and let cool. Now enjoy and grab the end piece before the
kids find out how good the end pieces are. If you are using dry yeast, here
is a little trick my Aunt Ann in Youngstown, Ohio taught me. Dissolve three
packages of dry yeast in Three fourths cup of warm water (NOT HOT WATER OR YOU WILL
KILL THE YEAST). When you see the yeast begin to bubble, this means the
yeast is good, add it to your dry ingredients. If you are using dry yeast
from the bulk jars, "Fleischmann's Bread Machine Yeast", 2& One fourth teaspoon =
1 pkg. of dry yeast. 3 pkgs. of dry yeast = 1 large cake of fresh yeast.
Enjoy,

Rev. Mike email: msabo@cidcorp.com

NOTES : Ok Folks, I promised to share my Grandmother's Kolachi recipe and
here it is: Rev. Mike email: msabo@cidcorp.com
Recipe by: Rev. Mike msabo@cidcorp.com

Posted to Digest breadbakers.v097.n075 by snardo@onramp.net on Nov 23,
1997