Fruit and Cream Cheese Kolaches

Texas sweet kolaches filled with cream cheese and cherry. Customize with your choice of fruit filling. 

The feedback inspired me to build out variations of kolache recipes on My TX Kitchen. Today, I am sharing a variation for how to make cherry and cream cheese kolaches. This can be adapted for other fruits such as strawberry, blueberry and peach, using fruit preserves or pie filling (either homemade or store bought).

For step-by-step instructions on how to make the kolache dough, please see my original cream cheese kolache post. 

How to make cherry and cream cheese kolaches

Once you have made the dough and it has risen, here are the step-by-step instructions on turning them into fruit and cream cheese kolaches. 

Shape dough

Shape dough into 12 golf-ball sized pieces. Place on a baking half sheet (13” x 18”). Brush with melted butter and let rise for ~30 minutes. 

Fill with cream cheese

Make indentations in each dough ball using a ¼ c. measuring cup. Spoon 1 Tablespoon cream cheese filling into center of the well. Cover and let rise for ~30 minutes - 1 hour. Brush sides with melted butter if needed. 

Add fruit filling and streusel topping

After dough has risen, spoon 1-2 tsp. of selected fruit topping (preserves or pie filling) on top of the cream cheese. Sprinkle with 1-2 tsp. of streusel topping. 

Note: If you use too much fruit filling, the center of your kolache will really sink after baking.

Bake

Bake kolaches for 25-30 minutes or until dough is a rich golden brown.

Note: If you use a cake pan with full sides, baking time will increase 5-10 minutes.

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Fruit and Cream Cheese Kolaches

Alaine @ My TX Kitchen

Texas Kolaches filled with cream cheese and cherry, or your choice of fruit topping.

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Prep Time 4 hours hrs

Cook Time 30 minutes mins

Total Time 4 hours hrs 30 minutes mins

Course Breakfast

Cuisine American

Servings 12

Ingredients

  

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Proof Yeast

• ¼ cup warm water 100-110F
• 2 ¼ tsp. active dry yeast
• 1 tsp. sugar

Dough

• ½ cup sugar
• 1 cup milk*
• ¼ cup shortening or butter melted
• 1 ½ tsp. salt
• 1 egg yolk
• 3 ⅓ cups bread flour sifted
• 2 Tbsp. butter melted for brushing on dough

Cream Cheese Filling

• 8 oz. cream cheese
• ¼ cup sugar
• 1 egg yolk
• ½ tsp. vanilla extract

Fruit

• ½ cup fruit preserves or pie filling

Posypka Streusel Topping

• ⅛ cup all purpose flour
• ¼ cup granulated sugar
• ¼ tsp. salt
• Dash ground cinnamon
• 1 ½ Tbsp. butter

Instructions

 

Kolache Dough

• Activate yeast. Combine warm water, yeast and 1 tsp. of sugar in small bowl. Stir and let sit for 10 minutes. Yeast should be bubbly and have doubled in size.
• In a large bowl, stir together milk, melted shortening, salt and the egg yolk. Stir in yeast mixture. Add 1 cup of sifted bread flour at a time until 3 cups are added. Stir until a sticky dough starts to form.
• Sprinkle the remaining ⅓ cup bread flour on a hard work surface, turn the dough out onto the surface and knead for 10-12 minutes. Dough will be sticky and elastic. Transfer dough into a lightly greased bowl, cover and let rise in a warm place for 1 hour.

Shaping and Filling Dough

• Punch dough down. Roll into a log and cut into 12 equal size pieces, approximately the size of golf balls (2 oz. each). Place dough ball in a lightly greased half sheet pan (13” x 18”) and brush with 1 tbsp. of melted butter. Cover and let rise for 30 minutes.
• Make wells in the center by pressing a lightly floured ¼ c. measuring cup into the center of each dough ball. Fill each dough ball with 1 Tbsp. of cream cheese filling. Brush sides with more melted butter. Cover and let rise for ~ 30 minutes-1 hour.
• After dough has risen, spoon 1-2 tsp. of fruit filling into center of cream cheese filling. Sprinkle with streusel topping.
• Bake at 350 F for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown.

Cream Cheese Filling

• In a high speed mixer, whisk together cream cheese, sugar, egg yolk and vanilla extract for 1-2 minutes or until creamy.

Streusel Topping

• In a medium bowl, combine flour, sugar, salt, cinnamon. Cut butter into dry mixture until coase crumbles form.

Notes

*Milk should not be cold, either room temperature or slightly warm.
Lemon Cream Cheese: Add lemon juice or zest to the cream cheese filling for a lemon cream cheese filling.

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This post is dedicated to my middle son, who is one of my biggest cheerleaders, and who also happens to love the fruit and cream cheese kolaches (especially strawberry). I try to keep these in the freezer for an easy breakfast for him during the school year. 

Cheers or should I say I gotcha' kolache 😉 -

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