Czech Kolache Baking in Yukon

cottage cheese

🥗Healthier: ricotta cheese

💰Cheaper: cream cheese

Ricotta provides a similar texture with lower fat.

butter

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Coconut oil is dairy-free and can lower cholesterol.

sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: brown sugar

Honey adds flavor and moisture.

fruit preserves

🥗Healthier: fresh fruit

💰Cheaper: canned fruit

Fresh fruit is lower in sugar and adds freshness.

Get to the baking location around 4:30 to 5 in the morning.

Start the mixture for the dough.

Weigh and roll each dough ball onto baking sheets.

Put the dough balls into the proofers to rise.

Cook prunes in a crock pot for 12 hours for filling.

Prepare eight varieties of fillings: prune, cherry, lemon, apricot, cream cheese, apple, poppy seed, and strawberry.

Punch the risen dough balls to make indentations for filling.

Sprinkle a mixture of butter, sugar, and flour onto the punched dough.

Place the filled pastries into the oven for 21 minutes.

Remove the kolaches from the oven and let them cool.

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