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If you\u2019ve been to the Czech Republic or the state of Texas, you\u2019ve most likely sunk your teeth into delicious kolaches, and you’ve probably been searching for how to make kolaches ever since. We get it! The pillowy, buttery, brioche-like pastries with different baked-in fillings are completely irresistible. Fortunately, our traditional kolache recipe doesn\u2019t just fill the void; it recreates the pastry so perfectly that you\u2019ll be transported back to Czechia or Texas\u2019s Czech Belt.<\/p>\n

What is a kolache?<\/h2>\n

A kolache is a Czech pastry with a pillowy, brioche-like dough and some sort of baked-in filling. The most traditional fillings are prune, cream cheese, poppy seed and apricot, but lemon and cherry kolaches<\/a> are also popular (although maybe not as traditional).<\/p>\n

Czech kolaches are not the same as Polish ice cream kolachkes<\/a> (also spelled as “kolaczki”), but these pastries are commonly mistaken for one another. Polish kolachkes do not use yeast and are more like cookies with a filling, whereas Czech kolaches are more like brioche buns with a filling. In fact, many European countries claim some variation of these pastries as their own, stuffing them with preserves, cheese fillings and even chocolates.<\/p>\n

What is the pronunciation of kolaches?<\/h2>\n

Kolache is pronounced two different ways: koe-lah-chee<\/em> or koe-lah-cha<\/em>, depending on where the speaker was raised. In the Czech language, “kolache” is the plural form of the pastry; in America, the plural is commonly referred to as “kolaches,” which undoubtedly stems from the plural rules of the English language. “Kolach” is the singular form and is pronounced as koh-lach<\/em>, but many Americans refer to the singular form as “kolache.”<\/p>\n

Ingredients for Kolaches<\/h2>\n