Grandpa's Hungarian Kolacky

From: Chef #528279

On Dec 15, 2008

These cookies tasted just like the ones my grandma used to make. I used SOLO brand Apricot and Raspberry fillings which worked GREAT and did not run. I also used powered sugar to roll out the dough as suggested by other posters. I baked the cookies on parchment paper, which worked well (although the SOLO filling didn't spill out of the cookies at all!). Overall, I was VERY pleased with this recipe, and I will be using it again in the future, thanks!

From: jamieisjewish

On Dec 23, 2007

These came out well, and it was my first time making them. I was a little more impatient than everyone else, it seems, because I didn't want to refrigerate for 24 hours! I froze them for about 2 hours, then nuked each ball in the mic' for 30 seconds on power level 3. I used neufchatel cheese instead of cream cheese. I used apricot preserves as well as blackberry preserves. I also used a baby spoon as someone else had suggested, and the powdered sugar for rolling them out as someone else suggested also. The blackberry preserves made a mess on my baking sheet while they were baking. The Apricot almost didn't spill over at all because it was a thicker preserve (I used dickinson's brand for both preserves). It is likely I will make this again.

From: Karen=^..^=

On Dec 29, 2003

Wonderful Kolacky recipe! Thanks so much for posting. I doubled the recipe and filled half with cherry filling and half with almond filling. I made 27 varieties of cookies and candies for Xmas and this was the hands down favorite! I used a 2-inch cutter and got about 65-70 cookies out of each batch. I used a baby spoon for filling and then pinched two sides together to meet in the middle instead of leaving them flat...this is the way my grandmother and mother always made them. I needed just about an 8 ounce jar of filling for each batch, but I'm sure this is because I don't use as much. If I use a teaspoonful, it oozes out all over. I did try a couple flat, as your recipe suggests with the full teaspoon of filling and they were delicious and rich...for serving immediately this is wonderful but for using on cookie trays I don't think they would work...the "pinched" ones are easier to stack . Thanks again for posting...this will be my Kolacky recipe from now on.

From: DeAnna Owens

On May 30, 2005

My great-grandmother is Slovakian and used the exact same receipe. The only thing I have to add is that the Prune Solo filling is a must try! It can be hard to find in the market, so everytime I see a can, I buy it. Also, a quick tip to get the fruit filling easily onto the cookie — use a frosting decorator (bismarck tip). My mom and I tried this last Christmas and it cut the prep time in half... plus we didn't get sticky fingers from the filling!