Bohemian Kolaches Recipe

How to make it

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• Melt the shortening.
• Heat the milk to scalding then let cool to lukewarm
• add the melted shortening, sugar and salt to the milk.
• Beat the eggs well
• Disolve the yeast in 1/4 cup of luke warm milk or water.
• Add the eggs and disolved yeast to the liquid mixture.
• Stir the flour into the mixture slowly to make a soft dough.
• Turn out onto a floured board and knead till smooth.
• Place in a greased bowl.
• Cover bowl with a damp towel and let rise till doubled in size in a warm place.
• Shape into small balls and flatten on a greased sheet.
• Let these rise until light.
• Punch the dough down in the center and fill each depression with jelly, or any thickened sweetened fruit (such as prunes, cherries, apricots, etc)
• Bake in 375° oven ( I am guessing here as the directions say hot oven and 375 is the temp I use) until lightly browned approx 15 minutes
• Remove from oven and make a powdered sugar frosting of powdered sugar and a little milk and drizzle over the kolaches.
• the number this makes depends on how large you make the kolaches.