Potato Flakes Kolaches
Soft dough kolaches made with potato flakes and filled with cream cheese filling. These are just slightly sweet.
Servings 12 kolaches
Cost 5
Ingredients
- ¾ cup whole milk
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter cut into small chunks
- 2 ⅓ cups bread flour or all-purpose flour plus more if needed (330 grams)
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt or table salt
- ¼ cup granulated sugar (50 grams)
- 2 ¼ teaspoons instant yeast
- 3 tablespoons plain potato flakes (15 grams)
- 1 large egg
- 2 tablespoons melted butter
- See Filling and Crumb recipes in notes
Instructions
- Put the milk and butter in a large saucepan and heat until it just begins to boil. Remove from heat, insert a thermometer. Let cool to 130 degrees.
- Meanwhile, combine only 2 cups (280 grams) of the bread flour, salt, sugar, yeast and potato flakes in a mixing bowl – preferably a stand mixer bowl so you can use the dough hook. Add the milk mixture and stir until blended, then add the egg and stir until well blended.
- Add another ⅓ cup (45 grams) of flour – dough should still be a little sticky, but not wet. Start kneading with the dough hook. The dough should stick to the side of the bowl, but have a bit of elasticity if you scrape it off. If the dough feels sticky, add another tablespoons or two of flour.
- Knead until dough is smooth and elastic. It should be easy to handle at this point.
- Transfer to a greased bowl and let it pick up some of the butter/oil from the bowl, then flip it so you have a nice, greasy, ball. Cover and let rise for 1 hour or until doubled in bulk.
- Punch down the dough. Pull off large chunks (12 total), smooth them into balls and arrange them a little over an 1 inch apart in two 9x13 pans that you’ve lined with parchment. Another shaping method is to punch the dough down into two rectangles, then cut each rectangle into 6 square (ish) pieces. Lay in the prepared pans and let rise until puffed -- about 35 to 40 minutes.
- Make indentations in the buns and fill with cheese mixture or fruit pie filling. Sprinkle with crumb mixture.
- Bake at 375 degrees F for about 18 to 20 minutes or until golden brown.
Notes
For fillings, use canned fruit pie fillings or make your own. For cheese filling, beat together 8 oz cream cheese and¼ cup granulated sugar. Add an egg yolk and half teaspoon of vanilla plus a little lemon zest if desired.
For crumb mixture, combine ⅓ cup sugar with 2 ½ tablespoons of flour and ¼ teaspoon of cinnamon. Stir in 4 teaspoons of melted butter until crumbly.
Makes 10 to 12
For crumb mixture, combine ⅓ cup sugar with 2 ½ tablespoons of flour and ¼ teaspoon of cinnamon. Stir in 4 teaspoons of melted butter until crumbly.
Makes 10 to 12