Kolachi

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 4 cups flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs
• 3/4 cup warm water
• 2 (8 ounce) packages dry yeast
• 2 1/2 lbs shelled walnuts, chopped
• 1 lb raisins
• 1 cup prune
• 3/4 cup dried apricot

Recipe

• 1 cream sugar, shortening, salt, and eggs.
• 2 dissolve yeast in water and add to creamed mixture.
• 3 add 1 1/2 cups of flour to yeast mixture.
• 4 beat on low speed with electric mixer.
• 5 stir in remaining flour completely until smooth and a ball is formed. dough will be yellow because of the eggs.
• 6 let rise in warm place for 1 -2 hours until double.
• 7 make filling:.
• 8 for raisin nut filling
• 9 use a large bowl and mix nuts and raisins with your hands:.
• 10 add 16oz jar of honey and 2 cups sugar and mix with a mixing spoon.
• 11 for prune/apricot filling:.
• 12 add water to cover and simmer for 30 minutes til tender.
• 13 drain water; chop fruit, add 1/4 teaspoons allspice; 1/2 cup sugar; 1 tablespoons lemon juice; 1 tablespoons lemon zest.
• 14 mix well.
• 15 stir dough well and turn out onto floured board and roll into a rectangle.
• 16 place filling at one and roll to other end, not too tight. place on greased baking sheet and let rise 30 minutes, then brush top with sugar water solution.
• 17 bake at 375 degrees (350 if using a glass baking dish) for 30 minutes or until brown .
• 18 brush with melted butter and dust lightly with confectioners' sugar.