Ice Cream Kolachkes

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups butter, softened
• 1 pint vanilla ice cream, softened
• 4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 24 ounces apricot filling, cake and pastry filling (or raspberry cake and pastry filling or use both)
• 1 -2 tablespoon confectioners' sugar (optional)

Recipe

• 1 in the bowl of a heavy duty stand mixer, beat butter and ice cream until blended (mixture will appear curdled). add flour and sugar; mix well. divide dough into four portions; cover and refrigerate for 2 hours or until easy to handle.
• 2 on a lightly floured surface, roll one portion of dough into a 12x10-inch rectangle; cut into 2-inch squares. place a teaspoonful of filling in the center of each square. overlap two opposite corners of dough over filling; pinch tightly to seal. place 2-inches apart on ungreased baking sheet. repeat with remaining dough and filling.
• 3 bake at 350 for 11-14 minutes or until bottoms are lightly browned. cool for 1 minute before removing from pans to wire racks. sprinkle with confectioners' sugar if desired.