Polish Christmas Cookies - Kolaczki Swiateczne - Recipe

[@bonsailady]

AGAIN, FAMILY ALREADY ASKING ME WHEN I'M GONNA START BAKING KOLACZKI, I WILL START MAKING THIS BEFORE DECEMBER, BECAUSE FAMILY AND HUBBY CAN'T WAIT. AND THANK YOU AGAIN ANIA FOR SHARING YOUR RECIPE AND VIDEO. YOUR KOLACZKI IS THE BEST AND FRIENDS AND FAMILY LOVE IT.

[@AniasKitchen]

Thank you so much!

[@Benny.13]

Very nice high quality video ! Very festive feeling, I wanna make these . We are Polish and Italian mostly and always had quite a spread during the holidays ! Your cooking reminds me of my Polish grandma very special person who escaped the Russian invasion in the early 1900s and came here to the U.S. when she was only 16. I miss her greatly.

[@verified139]

I make these every year from my aunt's recipe - always a favorite. In addition to using poppy filling for some, I make a pasty stew of chopped dried fruits - mixed raisins, dates, apricots, prunes, cherries - whatever you have on hand, but try to put in a few chopped dates. They add a nice sweet flavor. Place the diced fruit in a small saucepan with a little water and cook on low until thickened and let it cool. You can add chopped walnuts or almonds if you like. Sometimes I add a few drops of kirsch or rum.

[@jumppa6583]

Thank you.❤

[@Georgia_Farmer]

Grew up eating these - so delicious! My Baba used to make them with apricot, poppy seed, and the walnut filling she used in her nut rolls.

[@meredithlynn]

I watched your video three years ago and now these cookies are our tradition for every Christmas.

[@AniasKitchen]

awesome!

[@wtglb]

Same here! 👋🏻

[@patrickhanna9230]

I love these. I come from a Hungarian ethnic background on my mom's side. This is the same dough my mom used. She filled her with lekvar, poppy seed or walnut filling...❤️

[@AniasKitchen]

sounds great

[@graceg1971]

Dziekuje Aniu, dopiero cie znalazlam.

[@AniasKitchen]

serdecznie pozdrawiam!

[@deansikora7280]

My grandmother used to make these cookies, but we called them kieflies. She used to fill hers with date paste and crushed walnut mixture. These were my favorite cookies of all time, hands down. I also like the poppy seed filling. I'm of Polish heritage.

[@M_m1.]

I've watched you for quite a while now, I've made these a dozen times.... my husband can not get enough lol. I have to say using the dough as a pie crust....holy cow! simply amazing.

[@AniasKitchen]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@jenniferleblanc7536]

Hi Ania! My husband’s great grandmother made these cookies, and the recipe never got passed down (though the Pierogi recipe did). So recently, we used your recipe for the dough, and filled them with prunes, because that’s what she used. My husband’s mother and aunt were taken back 30 years, since great grandma last made them! We want to thank you so much for what you do! It is an awesome gift that you have to be able to share these recipes and help us keep them going. We have been following your channel for years at this point and just had to tell you how grateful we are for you! Thank you so much!!! 💗😎

[@AniasKitchen]

you are so very welcome it is great to know that you like my content! Thank you so much for watching!

[@bonsailady]

First of all I want to thank you for sharing your video. I made this Kolaczki last year and Hubby love it. Even my Mother in law She's already asking me when Im gonna bake this again. I think we all lock down here and no where to go. I have all the ingredients, why not ! I think is time to bake again.

[@AniasKitchen]

Sounds great!

[@Usmcwifey0913]

My favorite Christmas cookies from childhood!

[@lewisedwards4058]

You have such a lovely speaking voice! These looks delicious and not overbearing my sweet- I have to try them.

[@AniasKitchen]

Thanks so much! 😊

[@g-bgcg]

This video pooped into my queue. Yay!! My fraternal grandmother (100% Hungarian) and my mother (100% Polish) used to make these cookies but they used Lekvar (which was a prune butter filling that they would buy in a huge 1 gallon can in Hamtramck, MI near Detroit) Hamtramck used to be 90% Polish people back in the early 1900’s - 1970’s but over the years it has changed. We used to call them “babies in a blanket” when we were kids. Thanks for the video.

[@sunfish4]

my babcia used to make these at Christmas, filling them with lekvar. They were my favorite cookie, I should try to make them this year. Thanks for bringing back that memory

[@AniasKitchen]

You are very welcome! Thank you for watching!

[@sharonheine7767]

My grandmother made these and Kolacky cookies. Every Christmas we still make these for they are so good. Love your informative video.

[@AniasKitchen]

Thank you so much for watching!

[@milarosenalica736]

Looked. Lovely and presentable! Thanks for sharing with us.

[@AniasKitchen]

You are very welcome! Thank you for watching!

[@ronnelmanuguid2553]

Ania's Kitchen qqqaql

[@debratemple2865]

Love your accent and the music.. Thank you for sharing this pretty special Christmas cookie.. 😁

[@AniasKitchen]

Thank you for watching :)))

[@lyny8034]

I have made these with apricot filling. yummmm

[@sadiegirl5312]

Me too!

[@pamelajackson2383]

thank you ! i am going to try these this year, i'm sure they will be delicious.

[@catherinefogle9173]

Ania, I have been looking for this recipe for ever. You make them exactly like my grandmother did. Can’t wait to make my own for Christmas

[@AniasKitchen]

awesome :)))

[@lindamauro6105]

Very professional. Thank you

[@JuanReyes-or5go]

Thanks so much for the recipe and video. They are so much flakier and tasty than any of the bakeries near me! Smacznego

[@AniasKitchen]

+Juan Reyes Great! Thank you so much for watching!

[@nancybennett9245]

Hi Ania, these were harder to seal up than we expected. My grandson and I made them with no other problems. Thanks for your helpful KZbin.

[@AniasKitchen]

they are a bit tricky :) Thank you for watching!

[@bonsailady]

OMG your Kolaczki is the best, Hubby said this is better than the one we ordered from His friend wife. I already made my Christmas Kolaczki give away present for the whole Family for this week. Thank you very much for sharing your video. By the way one of the Grandkids don't care about the poppy filling and She want Nutella filling, and sure enough She love this kind of Nutella filling.

[@pennivalenti6602]

I think I had these when I worked at a Yugoslavian bakery, but they were filled with a date/nut filing, and they were delicious!

[@AniasKitchen]

yummy :)

[@cindykaipio2809]

I just made these wonderfil Kiflis and they are light and simply sweet. My husband, George, and my son, Nick...the critic, loved them! I did sift the flour and the were light and airy. I would have posted them...but I need to work on my technique. lol I used plum, apricot and poppyseed butters from Giant. This has now become a new family tradition making kiflis during Christmas time.🎄🎄🎄

[@AniasKitchen]

Great to know! Thank you for watching!

[@Harphoney]

Hi Ania, I made the polish christimas cookies for xmas, oh my they turned out AMAZING !! they were a huge hit, I had to leave them behind as my siblings wanted some to take home to enjoy lol,,,,little do they know I have a spare can in my freezer lol,,,,Thankyou so much for the recipe,,,they are DELICIOUS !!

[@AniasKitchen]

+Harphoney You are very welcome and thank you for watching!

[@kateymateymusic1]

Lovely! My mother is polish (I guess I am 1/2 polish?) and I am loving finding recipes to try. I don't remember babcia making these.

[@AniasKitchen]

It all depends what region of Poland she came from :) Thank you so much for watching!

[@rosemariefernandes6600]

Thank you so much for this lovely recipe. God bless you.

[@ritalowry186]

Thankyou I will have to try these before Christmas thanks

[@thevintagerecipeblog]

My family ancestry is all over Eastern Europe, I'd have to say 1/4 Polish, 1/2 Hungarian and 1/4 Ukrainian. I remember my Polish grandmother making these a couple of times along with Chrusciki...

[@RecetasPOPMOMIX]

Yum!This recipe is similar to the romanian one.But you made the look better then the traditional way, good job!

[@AniasKitchen]

thank you :) I think the Romanian version does not use cream cheese :) but they look similar I know because my husband thought it was the Romanian cookies the first time i baked them :)

[@RecetasPOPMOMIX]

You´re right!So i´m sure your recipe not only looks better, but tastes much better too.I might adapt your recipe for the Thermomix and share i t on my channel if you dont mind ;)

[@AniasKitchen]

POPMOMIX no problem :)

[@Shamsa525]

Love these cookies/kolaczki these are great with coffee or tea. Thanks so much Ania for sharing your recipe with us, now it's mine and my daughter who love them. Thanks again. Will be watching all your recipes.

[@AniasKitchen]

+Shamsa525 Great :) You are very welcome and thank you for watching!

[@daphnerodriguez6957]

Ania Kitchen: Look good!!!!!! Can't wait to make these Xmas!!!!!!!!!!🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈👏💜

[@AniasKitchen]

great, thank you so much for watching!

[@hanalajgot9929]

Omg, yumm made them today for valentine for Michal a Kubik, velmi dobre dekujeme ! 👍💃

[@AniasKitchen]

+Hana Jackowski Bardzo prosze!

[@anika2292]

My great grandparents were from Poland and this nearly the same as our family recipe. We fill our Kolaczki with jams though. My favorite is red plum. Apricot is lovely as well. :)

[@AniasKitchen]

I need to try apricot! Thank you for watching!

[@anika2292]

Ania's Kitchen Most welcome. Looking forward to watching more of your videos and trying out your recipes. p.s. Your children are adorable. :) Happy New Year!

[@AniasKitchen]

Anika22 Thank you and Happy New Year to you too!

[@pjaneheil]

I simply LOVE ur recipes ❤️❤️❤️

[@AniasKitchen]

Thank you ☺️

[@SomewhereInIndiana1816]

These look delicious!! Thank you. 👍😍👍😍👍😍

[@margeryrichardson4752]

Love the way she says ‘sof-te-ned’ 🎄❤️

[@arunapeeters4262]

Thank you so much for sharing your recipe. Could you please share how to make the fillings? I really want to make it for my polish friend 😉

[@lynneschreiber1634]

The best cookies ever! My mom made them every Christmas. They are addicting. I got her recipe out last night and baked some. Ania, do you make your own prune butter and poppy seed filling? If so, can you share the recipes. I use Lekvar pruner butter but your filling looks much thicker. Great video. Thank you!

[@AniasKitchen]

thank you :)

[@cathyfield4765]

Solo brand has prune and Poppy seed fillings as well as many berry and fruit fillings that re very thick preserves.

[@yolandalinan6349]

Thank you ver much for sharing this wonderful and delicious cookies recipe I just love them so much. Yummy!!!!❤️🙏

[@AniasKitchen]

you are very welcome!

[@maryanncarreon4868]

I love this recipe

[@marycollins1631]

You make beautiful cookies!

[@may.africa]

These looks delicioso!!!!! Yummy!!!! New friend here

[@mrcoz1764]

Ania,,,your fantastic you remind me of mom growing up,,,she made these cookies i`m gonna try to make these,,,and also,i HAVE made your "Mountain Cake" numerous times my wife and all the girls she works with (and some guys) love it

[@AniasKitchen]

awesome! thank you!

[@elenamunive9095]

i made the cookies i just loved. thanks so much to share the recipe.

[@AniasKitchen]

+elena Munive You are very welcome! Thank you for watching!

[@peterpamlockwood]

Just love your show!!!....am Czech..but hay, we are all Europeans....THANK YOU!

[@AniasKitchen]

You are so very welcome!!!! Thank you for watching!

[@brubombshell]

Can't wait to make these

[@rosemariekury9186]

Going to try this. We usually make it the Czech way with yeast fought but this looks much easier and foolproof and also less messy.

[@AniasKitchen]

and so yummy :)))

[@maryamazeyara6235]

Lovely cookies 🍪 thank you my dear 🌷💖🌷

[@AniasKitchen]

You are so very welcome and thank you for watching!

[@meganmcgowan5798]

I miss these, in Texas! When I was a kid in Chicago, these were a tradition every Christmas. We aren't even Polish... but it wasn't Christmas without Kolaczki! In Texas, we have something different called "Kolache". They're the Czech style, much closer to a "Danish", and often filled with meat and cheese, as well as various fruit preserves. The ones we have here are actually not strictly the kind you find in the "Old Country", but a variation created by Czech immigrants using what was available in Texas. Texas actually has the largest population of Czech people outside of the "Old Country". The Czech immigrants brought these treats with them, and they became very popular here. There is a well-known spot on I-35, not far from Waco, that is famous for its Kolache, and many donut shops in Texas carry these little guys. The meat ones are more like Klobasnik (sp.?), but in Texas, they're still called 'Kolache' (ko-LAH-chee). But as tasty as the Tex-Czech Kolache is, it's just not the same as the lovely Polish Kolaczki.

[@AniasKitchen]

awesome thank you for letting me know!

[@hala41165]

Thank you, it's great to know recipes from other people in different countries, you're so cute, i'm from Egypt

[@AniasKitchen]

Thank you 😊

[@kenf4196]

ania this is the greatest kolaczki and very easy i did add 1tsp of vanilla other than that no differnce we are so happy

[@AniasKitchen]

Vanilla works perfect! Thank you!

[@aliciahoffman2897]

Looks delicious

[@AniasKitchen]

thank you!

[@jinlingchan1230]

Beautiful 👍🏻💕

[@AniasKitchen]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@AussieAngeS]

They are fantastic! Yum thanks Ania

[@rula9589]

Best recipe,thanks

[@AniasKitchen]

you are very welcome and thank you for watching!

[@chefayubculinarymaster7041]

Wow! I like that, I'll need more from u

[@bobtadin4268]

JUST LIKE MY MOM USE TO MAKE THANK YOU "Boze Narodzenie!"

[@AniasKitchen]

Thank you for watching!

[@TheJeannette33]

This recipe is great I will be doing them Also I'm definitely subscribing Thank u for sharing

[@AniasKitchen]

You are so very welcome!

[@thilanmunasinghe8192]

hmmm yummmy

[@AniasKitchen]

+thilan munasinghe thank you :)

[@jonathanhauck4870]

Can you freeze these after they are made? Love all your recipes, please never stop sharing!

[@AniasKitchen]

I think they would change the texture if you freeze them after baking.

[@Xiaotian88]

Looks delicious:) Merry Christmas!

[@AniasKitchen]

thank you and Merry Christmas to you too!

[@donnaokoniewski3761]

Gotta Try!

[@AniasKitchen]

:) let me know how you like them!

[@mindylynne9416]

Yayy thank you!!

[@maryannbeacham6482]

Very delicious

[@AniasKitchen]

thank you!

[@michaeljdauben]

My mom was German but she made these for Christmas every year.

[@AniasKitchen]

Great :) they are amazing!

[@sophiekugler2180]

Love the silver bangle bracelets you are wearing. Are they from Poland? And love the recipe! Have used several of your recipes and they're great!

[@AniasKitchen]

Thank you so much! I got the bracelets from my mom and yes they are from Poland but bought around 40 years ago :) Only the one with a heart hanging is new and bought last year in Romania!

[@raylowery9466]

my mom was polish and she used to make all kind of recipes when we were kids and still lived in Chicago, one of them was stuffed cabbage, rice and hamburger rolled in a cabbage leaf, i can't spell it but i can say the word "glumkee" something like that, do you have the polish recipe so i can try it for my family, i love cooking and i really like your website thanks ray lowery

[@AniasKitchen]

ray lowery Golabki :) yes, I have a recipe and and I had so many requests to film it that i am going to do it soon! Thank you for watching!

[@charlottepall6828]

ray lowery my mother made those cabbage rolls all the time

[@ka4therine]

Ania please do a cookery in English I have asked before as I love your recipes please please

[@4rdina]

Hello ania! Nice video as always:)..do you have a recipe for cabbage rollade with the meat or rice as filling please? Would love if you dont mind making video of how to make it..thanks alot

[@jodyrafter]

hi Ania they look gorgeous how do you make the plum butter (it looks like jam is it??) and the poppy seed filling thank you for sharing your cooking love your vids :)

[@AniasKitchen]

Here you go: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bH-UYWB6r5x-aM0 kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJOvoH6tetGod80 Thank you for watching!

[@jodyrafter]

Ania's Kitchen thank you for that hope you enjoy your trip home

[@wtglb]

Love it, I’m going to try this later this week, you are very sweet, I’ve subscribed!

[@AniasKitchen]

So happy to have you on board :) Thank you for watching!

[@janicelarsen8292]

Looking for the best authentic cookie. You might be the person LOL thank you

[@AniasKitchen]

Thank you 😊

[@sootherbs]

very interesting looking cookies, what is plum butter, its looks like jam/jelly, greetings from BiH!

[@AniasKitchen]

plum butter is like a jam, have a look how I prepare it :) Recipe for plum butter: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bH-UYWB6r5x-aM0 Cheers, Ania

[@swierzc]

Hello Ania! Could you share a link where I can get this dough cutter? I like the design. Pozdrawiam I Wesołych Świąt!

[@AniasKitchen]

This is a very old one i got from my dad but the closest thing i could find on amazon is this: www.amazon.ca/Double-Blade-Pastry-Ravioli-Cutter-Crimper/dp/B07MH75M24/ref=pd_sbs_79_11?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B07MH75M24&pd_rd_r=a44a351d-f146-4bae-9185-cb9fe5d73664&pd_rd_w=UkvRf&pd_rd_wg=1mRif&pf_rd_p=3885b243-7797-4c4b-b0ae-97ca9ec36283&pf_rd_r=306TXS07JAJ250JM2PQ0&psc=1&refRID=306TXS07JAJ250JM2PQ0

[@AniasKitchen]

or this: www.amazon.ca/Ateco-1397-Fluted-Pastry-8-Inch/dp/B003CN5LYC/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=pastry+wheel&qid=1608131612&s=kitchen&sr=1-4

[@lauradopierala6132]

I made these last year for the first time. I will be trying again this year. One problem I had is that where they were pinched together some came apart. I think I may have used too much filling so will try a little less. I am wondering however, we make lots of different cookies we give out to friends/family, can these be frozen? We start around now and make until close to Christmas, then plate for everyone. Would love to know if anyone has frozen them and if they were as good when thawed.

[@roberts.5136]

My grandma made them with Walnut, Apricot & plum fillings. Been so long not having them 💔

[@Swimlang]

Hi Ania - Thank you for your help with my makowiec questions - it turned out beautiful and delicious. I'm trying to make these kolaczki now and no matter what I do they're puffing up very much in the oven and opening up. I've pinched very hard to keep them sealed and even tried water and egg wash to seal them but they keep opening. Any suggestions?

[@AniasKitchen]

+Sarah Langan Try to roll them thinner! they opened for me too but not fully so it was ok! overlap a bit more as well!

[@haleroma719]

Great recipe. Just for your information icing sugar is called Powdered Sugar. Yum. Love your other recipes

[@AniasKitchen]

Oh thank you!

[@manuelsimoes6962]

Hi am going to do your recipe cookies, ken I freeze them when they are backed? Thank you

[@katesaniuk404]

Merry Christmas!

[@raylowery9466]

I will try the super-walmart we have in our area, the regular walmart we have in town does not have anything like that in their store,( Another question: Do you know if anyone sells the dough already made so all i have to do is roll it out and use it for the Kolaczki? that would be a big help, i have a disability and it would be really uncomfortable for me to have to make the dough from scratch. I thought of using the pre-made pie dough Pilsbury makes, would that work? thanks for any help, ray lowery

[@Mariekr49]

Hi ania will it hurt if I refrigerate the dough for about a week? I made the dough today to get it out of the way but won't have enough time to make until end of week. ALSO can you do a chrusiki receipe? It's my family's favorite and ever since my grandmother passed away no one knows how to thank u so much!

[@AniasKitchen]

I didn't have a problem with the dough in the fridge for 3 days so I think week should be fine too! Chrusciki I did already, here you go:kzbin.info/www/bejne/aGbGd39vmsiNeq8

[@zarabees2123]

+Ania's Kitchen love your cooking show. How do you make the poppy seed paste , I want to give it a try. Thank you.

[@AniasKitchen]

Here you go: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJOvoH6tetGod80 Thank you for watching!

[@yvonnem1919]

Great video.. Editing was great.. I was all set to add this to my holiday baking list till I watched the 4 hour Plum Butter ordeal.. Are there less time consuming alternative? Thanks~

[@UncleAl3]

+Yvonne M - Plum Butter is available in most Eastern or Central European Deli's, however, it may not always be labelled As "Plum Butter" but as "Powidło" or" Lekvar". Good Luck!

[@MaryCumbersnatch]

Can you use a tiny dab of egg white to keep the dough from popping open? That's what you do when making cannoli shells.

[@niamhodonovan4239]

my buddy and i are doing a project on Poland for school ! do you have any recommendations for traditional polish recipes we could make and share with the class? thanks!

[@AniasKitchen]

Would you prefer sweet or savory?

[@Navygrl58]

Ania, what is the best way to store these cookies after they are cooled? They were light and crispy when freshly baked, but by the end of the day they lost their crispness and I left the powdered sugar off purposely. I need to make them 3 days before Christmas and want them to be just right! Thank you.

[@AniasKitchen]

I keep them in the air tight container but they change a bit anyway. I usually make a dough in advance and keep it in the fridge to bake them the last moment possible :)

[@Navygrl58]

Thank you Ania for the quick reply! Even so, the taste is amazing regardless of the softening of the pastry! Have a blessed and Merry Christmas!

[@AniasKitchen]

Thank you and the same to you :)

[@dremlokisdotter4205]

Any advice to stop them popping open in the oven?

[@janicelarsen8292]

One more question is it better to use the icing sugar powdered sugar or flour to roll them out. I've never done powdered sugar would you call icing sugar

[@AniasKitchen]

Icing sugar is powdered sugar and the whole point is to roll them in it to get the right amount of sweetness 😊

[@junicewells6617]

👍

[@AniasKitchen]

😊

[@swierzc]

Hi Ania! How many grams would 2 cups of flour be?

[@AniasKitchen]

If I do grams I will go for 300

[@lisatoussaint6958]

I literally am in the middle of trying to roll this dough out and my is my cracking. I'm not able to roll it out at all. am I supposed to let the dough warm up a little first before rolling? I followed your recipe exactly. please help!

[@AniasKitchen]

+Lisa Toussaint awww, i just saw your comment! Warming up should help, did it work for you? I hope it did!

[@raylowery9466]

i have been looking for either poppy seed or apricot filling for my attempt at doing some Kolaczki, (i live in southern calif.) so far i have not been able to find either one, not at winco or super walmart, running out of ideas, any help?? ray lowery

[@AniasKitchen]

ray lowery I find my poppy seed at walmart at the spices area, where did you look?

[@Georgia_Farmer]

ray lowery Most major grocery stores carry Solo fillings - they can be found on the baking aisle next to canned/jarred pie fillings. I just picked up a can of each in WalMart a couple of days ago. I hope this helps: www.solofoods.com/page/western-locations

[@sadiegirl5312]

Solo APRICOT works GREAT !!!

[@lesleytaylor7587]

Is plum butter the same as plum jam?

[@dollyfete6657]

Solo makesit! It's in baking section at Publix! I'm a can! They also have almond, apricot, prune and poppy!

[@moniquebrewer8573]

Hi Ania! Do you know how many cookies this recipe can make?

[@AniasKitchen]

Didn't count but from one part of the dough I got around 20 and I had 4 parts so I guess I got around 80 cookies! It will depend on how thin you are rolling the dough out and how big you are going to cut the cookies. I hope that helps!

[@catherineclark236]

Hi Ania, do these freeze well?

[@AniasKitchen]

I have never tried to freeze them baked because I am afraid they would loose the crispness and lightness but i did freeze the dough and they came out perfect after couple of months in my deep freezer. I will prepare the dough ahead of time for this Christmas as well just not to get over worked right before :)