I just made sausage kolaches. Ask me anything.

[Ilsa]

They are hot and delicious and a favorite of my husband who is half-Czech. Truly, the way to his heart is through his stomach.

We're having a beef stew later with cornbread because a cold front is coming through south Texas in a few hours. Yummy! We don't get to relish soups and stews very often here.

[Nlighten1]

1. What is your recipe?

TIA.

[Ilsa]

2. I use a bread machine for the dough.

1 c. warm water
1 tsp salt
1 egg
2 Tbsp butter
3 c bread flour
1/4 c sugar
3 tsp bread machine yeast

Place ingredients into machine in that order. Use 90 minute cycle (probably # 7,8, or 9)

I slice cooked and heated Polish sausage into three to four inch segments and then once lengthwise. Using some extra flour on my fingers I pinch off a couple of tbsp of dough and work it around the sausage, rolling between floured hands. Place on greased cookie sheet or parchment paper. Brush tops with melted butter. I bake it at 350 degrees F for about 14-16 minutes.

The dough for this recipe is closer to bread dough than the thin light dough in rolls. We love these for breakfast or snacking. Hope you like it if you try it.

[GOPisEvil]

3. Kolaches!!!!!!

There's a "Kolache Store" here in Austin! :9

[Ilsa]

4. I also like them with fruit piled into the center,

maybe some cream cheese, and a drizzle of icing on top. Yummy!

[GOPisEvil]

6. The best are sausage or bacon though!

I haven't eaten yet, and I'm getting hungry!

[Malva Zebrina]

5. OMG

this is the first time I have ever heard anyone speak of Kolacha. OMG--my grandmother came from Czechoslovakia (Bohemia--???) At Christmas time she would make tons of Kolacha--it was simply the best tasting cake, or coffee cake I have ever eaten (nostalgia) She would make at least twenty of these rolled cakes at a time--the dough was made with sour cream and a filling was put on then the dough was rolled up around it--could be poppy seed, walnut, or prune. OMG , I never got the recipe and cannot eat such things now as I am on a very restricted diet. Thanks for reminding me of this amazing woman.

[Ilsa]

7. Sorry I don't have a recipe for you.

My MIL makes poppy seed and prune, but I love the sweet kolache with fruit and icing. Her's looked like a pastry.

The dough in the recipe above could be used for pastry kolache, but it isn't the same without the sour cream.

[Waistdeep]

8. I can testify,

being 3/4 polish and 1/4 bohemian, that NOTHING is the same without sour cream.

[Ilsa]

11. I'd love a tried and true recipe with sour cream in it.

Do you have one? Is it bread machine friendly? I don't have much time for kneading.

[Don_G]

9. What's A Kolache?

I grew up with steak, potatoes and fried green tomatoes.

[Ilsa]

10. A pastry made from yeasted dough with either

meat in it or fruit on it. When it is meat, it is usually sausage. Fruits include preserves.

[Don_G]

12. Something Like Beef Wellington?

Not a whole lot of "furrin'" words in the backwoods like Louisville, KY. There are ethnic groups here, but they tend to blend in more than anything in my area...unlike New York or Chicago.

[Ilsa]

15. No, I think Beef Wellington has lots more beef with a little crust.

This is more dough and less meat in the center. BTW, I only use Polish sausage.

[FloridaJudy]

13. Is that the same thing as a Russian "Piroshski"?

If so, I want an invitation to dinner at your house!

[grannylib]

14. Hey, never thought of making them with meat centers...I make poppy seed

ones from my Czech mother-in-law's recipe; will be baking about 5 dozen for T-Day!