October Meeting Refreshment Recipes

Here are the recipes for Marlene's fabulous treats from our October midweek meeting.  Now you can make them and receive the same compliments she did.  Thank you Marlene, for sharing!

Kolache

1 – 8 oz package cream cheese, softened

2 sticks butter

2 cups flour

Fruit filling – not jam  ( I use 2 cans of Solo brand filling )

Mix together the cream cheese and butter, then add flour.   You may use your hands to incorporate.  Form a ball and chill 30 minutes or more.

Roll out dough after dividing into three equal portions to make the task more manageable.  Roll to 1/8 inch thick.  Cut into 3 to 4 inch squares.  (this recipe makes about 40 of the 3” squares)

Place 1 to 1 ½ tsp. of filling into center of each square.  Moisten edges with water.  Draw up two opposite corners and pinch together.  Draw up remaining corners forming a pillow – press edges.

If the square making seems to frustrating, roll 1 inch balls of dough, then press with thumb in center to form a depression and fill with fruit filling.

Bake at 375 degrees 10 to 15 minutes or until brown on edges.  Cool, dust with powdered sugar.

Cheesecake

Preheat oven to 325 degrees

3 – 8 oz cream cheese

4 eggs

½ cup sugar

1 tsp vanilla or lemon juice

Topping: 

1 lg. container sour cream

5 tsp sugar

½ tsp vanilla

1 graham cracker crust for 13 x 9 pan (1 sleeve of graham crackers with 2 tbs. sugar and 5 ½ tbp melted butter mixed and pressed into bottom of pan)

Beat cream cheese until light.

Add eggs one at a time, beating well.

Add 1/2 cup sugar and vanilla or lemon juice, mix thoroughly.

Pour into graham cracker crust , bake at 325 till set, about 25 to 30 minutes.  Don’t let it get brown.

Remove from oven.

Mix sour cream, 5 tsp sugar and ½ tsp vanilla until blended.

Carefully spread on top of cheesecake.

Bake an additional 5 to 6 minutes.  Don’t let it get brown.

Cool and then refrigerate until chilled.