OT - Kolaches redux

caliking · October 2020

Legume said:

20stone said:

caliking said:

Canugghead said:

Cool! Kind of like danish to me

Yup. Very similar. My understanding is that danishes are more flaky, while kolaches are more yeasty, bready.

I like 'em both

https://www.texasmonthly.com/food/not-sweet-not-kolache-klobasnek/

Well shjt. I’ve been lied to.

They're all kolaches to me

. I've often said that they're TX's gift to the world.

SciAggie · October 2020

My wife is of German heritage. I’ve seen the irksome face when folks get the distinction mixed up.

nolaegghead · October 2020

I'm motivated. I'm going to try this one:

https://www.dessertfortwo.com/authentic-czech-kolaches/

Foghorn · October 2020

caliking said:

@jones2289 Here's the recipe I followed:

https://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/cherry-and-cream-cheese-kolaches

Changes:
-Doubled the recipe
-Used APF and BF (equal parts)
- Added zest of 2 lemons to the dough
-Butter 3/4 cup + lard 1/4 cup
- Each kolache was ~75g of dough

And now he wants us to believe that he follows recipes and measures stuff.

caliking · October 2020

nolaegghead said:

I'm motivated. I'm going to try this one:

https://www.dessertfortwo.com/authentic-czech-kolaches/

That recipe looks pretty good. I came across it too when I was looking for recipes. Report back and let us know how they turned out.

caliking · October 2020

Foghorn said:

caliking said:

@jones2289 Here's the recipe I followed:

https://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/cherry-and-cream-cheese-kolaches

Changes:
-Doubled the recipe
-Used APF and BF (equal parts)
- Added zest of 2 lemons to the dough
-Butter 3/4 cup + lard 1/4 cup
- Each kolache was ~75g of dough

And now he wants us to believe that he follows recipes and measures stuff.

Hey now... baking is totally different. Its stoichiometric

Even so, note the tilde preceding the dough weight.

SaltySam · October 2020

Gramma Mabel never wrote her recipe down, aside from a notecard with vague proportions to include “A few handfuls”

It took my sisters multiple attempts to convert her amounts to cups/tablespoons, etc. The best we can guess is that one 89 year old arthritic gnarled handful is about 1.5 tablespoons.

GrateEggspectations · October 2020

SaltySam said:

you’re my favorite, Cali. My grandma Mabel used to make kolaches. She’s send us home with 3-4 dozen, typically cherry, strawberry, lemon and prune. They rarely survived the two hour drive back to our place. Kolaches will always have a soft spot in my heart. RIP Gramma!

Family recipes are the best recipes.

texaswig · October 2020

Love me some kolaches. I have to get them when we drive thru West. They're the best. Yours look on point @caliking.

OT - Kolaches redux

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