Kolaches

Laugh I know what you mean planojim ... except my first Texas Kolache was SAUSAGE ... boy was I freaked out!!!!

I've learned to love both though...

Those kolaches look really yummy! Anyone know where you can find any in the greater Phoenix area, Arizona?


www.dailykitchen.com

You know I wonder if the Poles in South Texas "gave up" on their style Koloczki long ago due to humidity. I know I have a tough time making the "Good" when it's humid - which is most of the time.. laugh.. I think it's the flakiness... kind of like it's hard to find REAL crusty bread here.. It will be crusty right out of the oven ... then it goes soft..

Thanks for your review of the grocery - can't wait to read your review of the restaurant!

Kolaches must be a staple in Houston. It seems that about every bakery around serves them .

Paul E. Smith
Knoxville, TN

Ahhh but believe me ... it is CONSISTENTLY more humid in South Texas than Chicago... laugh... have lived both ... at least San Antonio isn't as bad as Houston w/the humidity!

I've never been a huge pork shank person... that combo plate sounds wonderful though I'd "share" the duck with someone ... hahahha... I could just eat Golabki and Pierogi all day long... I've never made my own pierogo - but I do make a mean cabbage roll!

Wow, can't believe how many kolachki bakeries there are in Houston! What a gold mine!

My mom used to make the most incredible kolacki's and they were stuffed to the max with filling. Instead of making them round they were square and she folded each corner up towards the middle so they were sealed, so to speak. The most important ingredient was cream cheese in the dough, like the recipe link, which really gave it a wonderful flavor.

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Originally posted by viennadog

Wow, can't believe how many kolachki bakeries there are in Houston! What a gold mine!

My mom used to make the most incredible kolacki's and they were stuffed to the max with filling. Instead of making them round they were square and she folded each corner up towards the middle so they were sealed, so to speak. The most important ingredient was cream cheese in the dough, like the recipe link, which really gave it a wonderful flavor.

I noticed that in Houstojn but traveling with Al, The Mayor, the kolache's are all over Texas. The Czech's have seen to that. They are very good.

Paul E. Smith
Knoxville, TN

Just found out there is a kolache place near me. The owner moved up from Houston and started the place. I am going to do my best to get there this week sometime.

http://www.cafekolache.com/

Yep, MY granma made the cookie type too. She was Polish.  I've had the yeast type only as a Jewish Danish, around Easter.  They make them in Tucson, AZ.  Nevber had a yeast Kolachi anywhere else.  When I lived in Chicago we only had/made the cream cheese cookie type

planojim

I can't believe we have a long thread with no photos of the topic!!  Here is a tray of Kolache purchased in Wilson, KS (The Czech Capital of Kansas) and sitting in the sunlight on the dash of our truck as we plod along I-70 eastbound.  No Creamcheese or poppy seeds were available this time.
 These were Cherry and Apricot filled.

Hi aleswench!  Did you post the kolache recipe somewhere on this site?  My grandmother used to purchase kolaches for Christmas every year from the Kolache Bakery that was located in Spring Branch (Houston) Texas for decades.  Sadly they closed and the tradition ended.  My favorites were the poppy seed and the cream cheese.  I would love to have an authentic recipe that you mentioned having.  Thanks.

You're right about Spring Branch. Been there many times over the years.It's on USHWY281.However the older part of Spring Branch is on  the Spring Branch Road. Haven't been in the area lately ,and the area around Bulverde north of San Antonio is really growing.There is a little bakery in schertz i haven't tried yet in the old Church's Chicken on FM78. Also Royal Donuts here has kolaches, but don't know if they have fruit ones.I know they have sausage ones. These are more the bread dough type, not the flaky pastry type.
 
Still haven't bought anything from them yet. I should pick some up and take them to work, which is about a block away.

Some transplanted Texans have opened a kolache bakery/ice cream parlor just down the street from us - both sweet and savory.  So delicious.  The cream cheese kolaches warm from the oven may be my favorite baked good ever, and that's saying something for a bread-head like me.