Bread Machine Recipe: Kolaches

Enjoy the soft, sweet dough of these homemade kolaches made effortlessly with a bread machine. Perfect as a snack or dessert, customize them with sweet or savory fillings for every occasion.

Course Dessert

Cuisine Czech

Keyword bread machine desserts, bread machine kolaches, easy bread recipes, homemade kolache recipe, kolache bread recipe, savory kolache fillings, sweet pastry ideas

Method Bread Machine

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 15

Total Time 20

Servings servings

Calories 771kcal

Author Kelli Miller

Equipment

Ingredients

3 ⅞ Cup(s) bread flour
¼ Cup(s) instant mashed potato flakes
⅓ Cup(s) milk powder
½ Cup(s) butter melted
½ Cup(s) butter softened to room temperature
1 egg yolk
1 egg
¼ Cup(s) white sugar
2 tsp dry active yeast
1 ¼ Cup(s) warm water
1 tsp salt
1 can 12 oz poppy seed filling
1 can 12 oz cherry pie filling

Instructions

Place the flour, mashed potato flakes, softened butter, sugar, yeast, egg yolk, milk powder and a dash of salt in the pan of a bread machine.
Crack the egg into it, followed splashes of warm water and set the dough cycle before running the machine to mix the ingredients together to form a dough; knead in another tbsp or two of water after 5 minutes of processing the ingredients if required.
Scoop out 1 tablespoon-worth of dollops of dough onto a cookie sheet, greased previously with a knob of softened butter, and cover them loosely with a plastic sheet.
Set aside in a warm spot for an hour to allow them rise to twice their previous size.
Flatten them out between the palms of your hands and make a small well in the centre of each dough ball, using your thumb.
Spoon a tbsp of the filling into the well of each dough ball and set them aside, covered, for another half an hour to raise again.
Meanwhile, warm up the oven to 375 degrees F.
Bake the pastries for 13-15 minutes or until they are just browned.
Smother them with a lashing of melted butter to glaze and set aside until they cool down to room temperature.
Serve and enjoy!

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