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KOLACHKE

 Ingredients: 1 Cup Butter 1 Cup Cream Cheese 2 Cups AP Flour 1/4 Teaspoon Salt Directions: Put all ingredients in bowl and blend until soft. Chill at least 6 hours. Roll on floured surface about 1/3-inch thick.  Cut with rim of small glass dipped in flour. Depress center with thumb and fill with blueberry, apricot or poppyseed filling.  Bake on cookie sheet 25-30 minutes in 350°F oven.  Dust with powdered sugar when cool.      The pastry dough is the family recipe. The fillings are from  ToriAvey  I love her site. So informative and homey. There are other fillings listed for this recipe.  Poppyseed Filling:  2 cups poppy seeds 1 cup milk or water (8.5 ounces/240 grams) 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar (10.5 ounces/300 grams) 1 Tablespoon fresh lemon juice or 3 tablespoons unsalted butter Pinch salt 1 tsp grated lemon zest (optional) To Make Poppy Seed Filling: In a nut grinder, coffee grinder, food processor, or blender, grind the ...

Auntie Julie's Strudel

   AUNTIE JULIE’S STRUDEL DOUGH: 2 C Flour 1 Tsp Salt 2 Tbsp Melted Butter 1 Egg ¾ C Warm Water USE THIS APPLE FILLING: 5 Granny Smith Apples, peeled, cored and sliced ¾ C Sugar  1 Tsp Cinnamon ¼ Lb. Butter, in pieces ¼ C plain bread crumbs, sprinkled OR THIS CHEESE FILLING: 32 Oz. Cottage Cheese ¾ C Sugar 1 Tsp Cinnamon ¼ Lb. Butter, in pieces ¼ C plain bread crumbs, sprinkled DIRECTIONS: Mix all ingredients together with a fork. On a floured surface, knead with more flour approximately 10 minutes. Put back in bowl. Cover and let rest for 30 minutes. Roll into large circle, hand stretch as thin as possible without tearing. Add filling; roll up, place on baking pan. Bake 45 minutes at 350°F. Turn out onto new pan immediately. Serve warm.  Gluten Free Alternative: Use 1 C Almond Flour plus 1 C AP Gluten Free Flour. Knead for a couple of minutes gently. Bake 30 minutes instead of 45.