Apricot and orange blossom kolacky from Midwest Made: Big, Bold Baking from the Heartland (page 270) by Shauna Sever

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  • ashallen on December 27, 2021

    When I made the recipe in Midwest Made, it yielded 48 cookies as stated in the book. The Midwest Living online recipe is not a precise copy of the Midwest Made original recipe (unclear why...perhaps they tested it and made changes based on their preferences??? "Midwest Living" is cited as the source rather than Midwest Made/Shauna Sever.). The Midwest Living online recipe doubles the pastry dough quantity relative to the Midwest Made recipe and, per the instructions, will result in pastry wrappers that are twice as thick as those in the Midwest Made recipe. The online recipe also calls for a shorter baking time than the Midwest Made recipe.

  • jimandtammyfaye on December 27, 2021

    Note that the book's recipe appears to only make 24 pastries, even though the stated yield is 48. The provided link to the recipe, as it appeared in Midwest Living, provides a yield of 48 but the dough ingredients are doubled. There are also some helpful tips in the Midwest Living link that are not included in the book.

  • Lepa on December 24, 2021

    I made these with my kids and mom for Christmas Eve and they are just delicious! My mom advised me to put less than 1 tsp of filling and that turned out to be good advice.

  • ashallen on August 25, 2021

    Very nice fruity-buttery cookies. At first I wasn't sure how exciting they were and then noticed that if I wasn't paying attention, I'd hoover down a small pile in a sitting! I used ~240g lekvar - next time I'd use a bit less. Its flavor is concentrated and, if you use a lot, it's harder to taste the pastry. Also, the few cookies that unfurled a bit during baking had larger filling amounts. Those also softened more during storage. When making the lekvar, I didn't boil off quite enough moisture and ended up with 980g vs. 800g. Flavor was still very good, though, and it was still thick enough to stay inside cookies during baking. Orange blossom water flavor is very nice, but subtle - cookies would still be delicious without it. I baked these without parchment paper and they slid off pans easily. Note that Midwest Living online version is not a precise copy of the book's recipe - it doubles the dough quantity relative to lekvar and specifies a shorter baking time.

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