Strawberry Kolache Cookies

Total Time: 29 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 14 mins

Ingredients

• 3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 (1/4 ounce) package active dry yeast
• 1/2 cup warm milk (110 f)
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup strawberry preserves
• 1 large egg, well beaten
• 2/3 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 2 1/2 teaspoons milk

Recipe

• 1 first, preheat your oven to 350°f.
• 2 in a large bowl, combine flour, butter, sugar and salt.
• 3 with your hand mixer, beat the flour, butter, sugar and salt until it looks like coarse crumbs.
• 4 dissolve yeast in your 1/2 cup warm milk in a small bowl.
• 5 stir in 1 egg and vanilla.
• 6 add milk mixture to flour mixture, and then beat at low speed until mixed thoroughly.
• 7 divide dough in half (you will have two chunks of dough), cover with wax paper, and refrigerate for 1 hour.
• 8 remove from refrigerator and roll dough out on a lightly floured surface, one half at a time, to 1/8 - 1/4-inch thickness.
• 9 cut dough into 3-inch squares, and then top each with 1 teaspoon of your strawberry preserves.
• 10 bring up 2 opposite corners of each square to center and then pinch tightly to seal.
• 11 place the finished cookie onto a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper placing them around 2-inches apart.
• 12 brush each cookie lightly with the beaten egg.
• 13 bake for 10-14 minutes until golden brown.
• 14 cool completely.
• 15 combine powdered sugar, almond extract and enough milk for desired glazing consistency in small bowl (approximately 2 1/2 teaspoons).
• 16 drizzle this glaze lightly over cooled cookies.
• 17 enjoy these beautiful cookies!