Kolach

Ingredients

• 1 qt milk
• 3 c sugar
• 2 tbls salt
• 1 lb butter
• 5 lbs +++ flour
• 10 pkg dry yeast
• 10 beaten eggs

Recipe

Scald milk with next three ingredients. When mixture cools to 100-115° add yeast and mix. Add eggs and mix. Add flour until it can be turned onto a board and knead. Knead until smooth and elastic. Let rise until double. Divide into 8 parts.

Roll out into large rectangle to fit a large cookie sheet. Filling is spread out and then you roll up and seal edge w/ water.

(3 rolls per large cookie sheet.)

Bake at 375° 25-30 min.

This is the dough recipe for the sweet bread great grandma Gula made at the holidays. It is one of my dad's favorites.

Fillings

• 4 lbs nuts
• 5 c sugar
• white rasins

Add boiling water till spreadable.

Poppyseed

• 2 lb poppy seed
• 7 c sugar
• 3 c water

Combine and let boil covered 5-10 min. Careful: burns easily.

Cheese

• 2 lb ricotta
• 1 c sugar
• 6 egg yolks
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 2 tsp flour
• yellow raisins

Add raisins to cheese and let stand 1 hour. Mix in all ingredients and use.

Lekvar (prune)

Add sugar and cinnamon to taste.

From grandpa Gula: sorry, that's all I got!