Kolatki/kolacki (ukrainian Christmas Cookies Via Czechoslovakia)

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr 30 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 lb butter
• 1 lb cream cheese
• 4 egg yolks
• 1 lemon, zest of
• 1 cup sugar
• 6 cups flour
• apricot filling or poppy seed filling
• 1 egg
• confectioners' sugar (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 cream together butter, cream cheese, sugar, egg yolks and lemon zest.
• 3 stir in flour, creating stiff dough.
• 4 mold dough into hamburger-size patties and refrigerate for at least 8 hours.
• 5 roll patty out 1/8-1/4 inch thick, preferably on chilled marble or glass cutting board.
• 6 cut dough into 2 1/2 inch squares.
• 7 place squares on cookie sheet (ungreased is ok).
• 8 in each square, dab about 1/3 teaspoon pastry filling.
• 9 fold one corner halfway over pastry so that it points to opposite corner.
• 10 with pastry brush, dab egg onto folded corner.
• 11 fold opposite corner onto folded corner.
• 12 press lightly to fix with egg .
• 13 optional: brush egg over top of cookie and dust with confectioners' sugar.
• 14 bake cookies for 15-20 minutes or until edges are slightly brown.