Prettify your holiday cookie platters with these delightful Easy Kolaczki Cookies. Add cream cheese to Pillsbury™ sugar cookie dough for added flavor and softness, then fill with a sweet cream cheese mixture and your favorite fruit preserves for a simple twist on a traditional Polish pastry. Heat oven to 350°F.
These Easy Kolaczki Cookies are based on traditional Polish kolaczki, which includes cream cheese and fruit in a puffy pastry. Our version recreates all of the flavors of classic kolaczki using Pillsbury™ sugar cookie dough. Can't get enough cookies around Christmastime?
This kolacky recipe is a simple Czech cream cheese pastry (pronounced kolotch-key), a very old holiday favorite. Using Solo-brand filling found in the baking aisle is a delicious time-saver. The prune flavor is scrumptious! Place cream cheese and butter in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer until smooth and creamy.
To bake this European Kolacky, beat butter, cream cheese, milk, and sugar in medium-size bowl with electric mixer until thoroughly blended. Beat in egg yolk. Sift flour and baking powder and stir into butter mixture to make stiff dough. Cover bowl and refrigerate several hours or overnight. Preheat oven to 400° F.