Cottage Cheese Kolacky Dough Pastry Recipe

Jun 21 2024

This kolacky dough recipe uses only three ingredients: cottage cheese, butter, and flour. There are no eggs or leavening agents in the dough.

Ingredients

2
cups all-purpose flour
8
ounces (2 sticks/1 cup) cold butter
8
ounces (1 cup) small curd cottage cheese
1
jar fruit or sweet cheese filling (or Czech sweet roll fillings or sweet pierogi fillings)
Confectioners' sugar

Step 1
Gather the ingredients.
Step 2
In a large bowl, cut butter into flour as for pie dough.
Step 3
Add cottage cheese, mixing lightly until dough is well combined and holds together.
Step 4
Divide dough into two equal portions and wrap in plastic. Refrigerate for several hours or overnight.
Step 5
When ready to bake, heat oven to 375 F.
Step 6
On lightly floured board, roll out one portion of dough to 1/8-inch thickness.
Step 7
With a pizza cutter, cut dough into 2 1/2-inch squares. Place on an ungreased cookie sheet, spacing 1-inch apart.
Step 8
Dollop a teaspoon of filling on top and bring two opposite corners to the middle and either pinch them together or overlap them. If it appears they aren't sticking together, brush one end lightly with egg white and stick the other on top of it.
Step 9
Bake 20 minutes or until lightly browned.
Step 10
Remove from pan(s) with a metal spatula and cool completely on a wire rack.
Step 11
Store in an airtight container. When ready to serve, dust with confectioners' sugar. Source: Solo Foods , used with permission.