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      Title: Kolatki (Ukrainian Christmas Cookies
 Categories: Cookies
      Yield: 1 servings
 
    1/2 lb Cream cheese; room temp
    1/2 lb Butter; room temp
      3 c  Pastry flour; sifted, or
           All-purpose flour
    1/2 c  Whole milk
           === poppyseed filling ===
    1/2 lb Broken walnuts
    3/4 lb Poppy seeds
      1    Egg
      1 c  Dark rum
      1 c  Honey
      1 c  Packed brown sugar
           === coating ===
    1/2 c  Sugar
      2 tb Cinnamon
 
  Recipe by: Michael Slavitch
      1.      Mix poppy seeds, walnuts, egg and honey.  Add rum until the
  consistency seems soft, like porridge. Drink remaining rum, you deserve it,
  since you'll be baking for a while.
       2.      Using an egg beater at low, whip soft cream cheese and butter
  until it forms peaks, like a frosting (you may need to melt the butter if
  the cream cheese is firm). Mix in flour slowly using a wooden spoon or
  pastry fork.
       3.      Roll dough into 3 balls. Occasionally add milk to dough to
  keep it from drying out. The dough can be refrigerated for 1-2 hours, but
  it is not necessary.
      4.      Roll out 1 ball at a time and flour lightly. Roll dough out in
  flour or granulated sugar so it doesn't stick.
      5.      Mom's method: Cut dough into squares or circles using cookie or
  biscuit cutter.  Add about a teaspoon of filling. Roll squares into "logs",
  "stars", or "pinwheels". Fold circles over and seal with a fork. This takes
  dexterity and patience, sooooo I invented.
       6.      Mike's Shortcut: Take rolled dough and make into strips about
  a foot long and 2" wide. Place a ribbon of filling in the middle. Fold over
  dough and pinch to seal at all sides. Cut into 1" squares.
      7.      Dip into coating and place on a cookie sheet. Bake at 375F for
  10-15 minutes or until lightly browned.
     There is enough sugar and fat to keep the bottoms from sticking to a
  clean pan.
         Hide in the bedroom and eat these with milk until sick.(Especially
  if you are six years old.)      Note: The kolatki are delicate, and fancy
  shapes require speed and skill. They taste as good using my method. My
  mother thinks I am impatient. Once you have eaten these cookies, you will
  understand  why.
 
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