Kołacz

Kołacz (variously transliterated as kolach, kolachky, kolacky, kolachy) is a traditional Polish pastry that has made its way into American homes around the Christmas Holiday. The pastry is a light and flakey dough filled with a variety of sweet and savory fillings such as apricot, raspberry, prune, sweet cheese, poppyseed or even a nut mixture. This Polish cookie shouldn't be confused with a leven yeast dough called a Kolache which is Czech.

The Polish pastry is made from a special dough that combines cream cheese with butter and flour. This ingredient mixture gives it a unique flakey quality similar to a pie crust. The dough is then rolled thin and then cut into squares. A thin line of the filling is spread along the diagonal of the square. Then two opposing corners are folded over each other to create the unique shape of the pastry. Dusted with powder sugar this is a very elegant looking dessert and can be served year round.

ee also

*Kalach, East Slavic bread
*Kolache, Czech pastry