My Family's Recipe for Kolache (A Slovak Walnut Roll)

butter

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Coconut oil is a healthier fat alternative.

fruit preserves

🥗Healthier: fresh fruit

💰Cheaper: canned fruit

Fresh fruit provides a lighter option.

cream cheese

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: ricotta cheese

Greek yogurt reduces calories while maintaining creaminess.

sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: brown sugar

Honey offers a natural sweetness.

Divide the dough into two 13-ounce portions and keep one covered while working with the other.

Shape the dough into a rectangular shape.

Brush half of the melted butter (about 4 tablespoons) onto the dough, leaving a gap at the end to seal.

Prepare the nut filling by pulsing walnuts, sugar, and cinnamon in a food processor until combined (about 8 ounces of filling).

Spread half of the nut filling onto the brushed dough.

Roll the dough tightly from the long end, pinching the seam and ends to seal.

Place the rolled dough seam side down onto a baking pan and cover it.

Repeat the process with the second portion of dough.

Bake the kolache until golden brown.

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