Title: Mayme's Kolaches
Categories: Poland Dessert Fruit
Yield: 1 Batch

2	c	Scalded milk
1		Cake of yeast
2	tb	Sugar
		Flour
1		Egg
		Sugar
4	tb	Melted lard
		Salt
		Prune Filling
1	c	Prunes
1/2	c	Orange juice
1	tb	Flour
1/2	c	Sugar
1/8	ts	Salt
1/2	c	Nuts, chopped
		Cinnamon
		Vanilla
		OR
		Apricot filling:
1	lb	Apricots, dried
1/2	c	Orange juice
1/2	c	Water
1	c	Sugar
2	tb	Flour
1/8	ts	Salt
1	ts	Orange rind

2 C. scalded milk cooled to luke warm; add 1 cake of yeast and 2 TB sugar out of 1/2 cup; add flour to make a soft sponge; let rise 1 hour. Add 1 beaten egg, rest of sugar, 4 TB melted lard and salt. make a very soft dough; let raise 1 1/2 hrs. Makes 30. You can add cinnamon and vanilla to prune filing.

Prune Filling cook: 1 C Prunes Add: 1/2 C orange juice Mix: 1 TB flour with 1/2 C sugar and 1/8 TS salt Cook until thick. Add: 1/2 C nuts, chopped some cinnamon some vanilla

Apricot filling: Cook: 1 lb apricots, dried Add: 1/2 C orange juice 1/2 C water Mix: 1 C sugar 2 TB flour 1/8 TS salt 1 TS orange rind Cook until thick.

From Stories and Recipes of the Great Depression of the 1930's by Rita Van Amber.

From: TARYN SMITH

previous

next