Break off pieces of dough to make 1½-ounce balls, weighing them on a kitchen scale covered with plastic wrap. For fruit kolaches : Shape the balls into smooth rounds with seams on the bottom.

It's hard to resist the allure of freshly baked kolaches. Still warm from the oven, the slightly sweet, pillowy dough cradles a generous portion of fruity filling to accompany your cup of coffee on a ...

It's hard to resist the allure of freshly baked kolaches. Still warm from the oven, the slightly sweet, pillowy dough cradles a generous portion of fruity filling to accompany your cup of coffee on a ...

Kolaches are a Czech pastry made of a yeasted dough, usually filled with fruit and sometimes a simple farmer’s cheese. Traditionally, the fillings include poppy seed, apricot, or prunes.