Kolace Recipe

How to make it

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• Dissolve yeast in warm water in bowl.
• Stir in milk,sugar,salt,nutmeg,egg yolks,1/2 cup butter and 3 cups of flour.
• Beat until smooth.
• Stir in enough remaining flour to make dough easy to handle.
• Turn dough onto lighlty floured surface,knead until smooth and elastic,about 6 minutes.
• Place in a greased bowl,turn to grease all sides.
• Cover,let rise in warm place until double.
• Prune Filling:
• 1-1/2 Cups pitted prunes
• 1/3 Cup Sugar
• 1 teaspoon Grated Lemon Peel
• 1 Tablespoon Lemon Juice
• 1/ teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
• Simmer prunes in just enough water to cover until tender,about 30 minutes,drain,puree or chop very fine.Stir in remaining ingredients,cool.
• Poppy Seed Filling:
• 3/4 Cup Poppy Seeds
• 1/2 Cup Whipping Cream
• 1/3 Cup Honey
• 1 Tablespoon Cornstarch
• 1 Tablespoon Butter
• Heat all ingredients to boiling,stirring constantly.Boil and stir for about 1 minutes,cool.
• Apricot Filling:
• Take the apricots from the recipe"Aperitif",puree and add 1/3 cup sugar and 1/8 teaspoon ground mace,heat until sugar dissolves,cool.
• Divide dough into 4 equal parts,cut each part into 8 equal pieces.Shape each piece into a ball,place about 2" apart on greased cookie sheets.Make a depression in center of each.Fill with about 1 Tablespoon of fillings.Let rise until double about 30 minutes.Bake in a 350 degree oven until light brown about 10 to 15 minutes.Brush with Butter,Cool on wire racks.