Description
Polish Kolacky Cookies are tender pastries filled with sweet jam and made with a cream cheese dough. These delightful cookies are perfect for holidays and family gatherings. Their buttery texture and fruity fillings make them hard to resist.
Ingredients
Scale
- 8 oz cream cheese
- 1 ½ cups unsalted butter
- 3 cups flour plus more for rolling cookies
- 1 cup apricot jam or raspberry jam
- powdered sugar for dusting
Instructions
- Combine cream cheese and softened unsalted butter using a stand mixer until smooth.
- Gradually add 3 cups of flour and mix thoroughly, then wrap the dough and chill it in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
- Remove a quarter of the dough, roll it out on a board to a thin layer, and cut into 1 ½ inch squares.
- Spoon jam in the center of each square and pinch opposite sides together, moistening the edges slightly to seal.
- Heat the oven to 350 degrees F and place the cookies on a parchment-lined baking sheet.
- Bake cookies for 15 minutes, then transfer them to a cooling rack and dust with powdered sugar.
Notes
- For crisp tops, broil 2–3 minutes at the end
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 13 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baked
- Cuisine: Polish
Nutrition
- Calories: 258kcal
- Sugar: 6g
- Sodium: 43mg
- Fat: 18g
- Saturated Fat: 11g
- Carbohydrates: 22g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 49mg