Kolaches II recipe

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Ingredients

1 cup shortening
½ cup white sugar
1 ½ teaspoons salt
2 ½ cups scalded milk
4 egg yolks, beaten
½ teaspoon lemon extract
1 ½ tablespoons active dry yeast
5 cups all-purpose flour
½ cup fruit preserves

Nutrition Info

152.5 calories
carbohydrate: 20.1 g
cholesterol: 24.1 mg
fat: 6.7 g
fiber: 0.6 g
protein: 2.9 g
saturatedFat: 1.8 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 106.7 mg
sugar: 5.8 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Cream shortening and sugar together. Stir in salt, hot milk, beaten egg yolks, and flavoring. When lukewarm, add yeast to mixture. Let stand 5 minutes. Add flour, beating well. Knead down into bowl. The dough will be slightly sticky. Let rise 1 hour.

  2. Cut off small balls of dough. Roll into rounds in your hands, and place on greased cookie sheets 2 inches apart. Let rise 15 minutes.

  3. Make a depression into the center of each roll. Fill with fruit preserves.

  4. Bake at 450 degrees F (230 degrees C) until brown. Watch carefully. Cool on wire racks.

Recipe Yield

3 dozen

Recipe Note

One of our Christmas breakfast traditions - we make cherry, apricot and blueberry.

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