Filipino Flavored Polish Kolaczki Cookies
These Polish Kolaczki Cookies are filled with dried mango mince and a ube cheese combo. The Filipino fillings add a different flavor to these cream cheese cookies.Recipe Adapted from Baker Bettie
Servings: 60 -ish Cookies
Ingredients
Cookie Dough
- 1 cup unsalted butter
- 1 cup cream cheese
- ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- 2 ¼ cups all purpose flour
- ¼ Cup Powdered Sugar For Dusting
Mango Mince Filling
- 100 g Ripe Dried Mango
- 100 g Dried Green Mango
- 2 Tablespoons Water
Ube Cheese Filling
- ½ Cup Ube Halaya
- 30 Strips Cheddar Cheese Cut into 1 inch x 1 cm shape
Instructions
How To Make The Cookie Dough
- First cream together the butter and cream cheese until nice and smooth. Then add in the vanilla extract and mix through. Add the salt to the flour and mix well and add the flour to the cream mixture. Mix it really slow and just until the flour is incorporated into the mixture. Don’t over mix.
- Divide the mixture into 4 equal disks and put into the freezer until you are ready to bake.
How To Make The Mango Mince Filling
- First dice both mangoes on a cutting board with a knife. Then put in a food processor and blitz until it’s blended and fine. Next add in water a tablespoon at a time to bind it. You don’t need much probably just a tablespoon or two, as you want the filling to be on the dry side.
How to Shape the Mango Mince Cookies
- Working with one disk at a time. Dust your work surface with powdered sugar. Flatten the dough with your hands and shape into a log. Roll out into a rectangle. Cut 2×2 inch squares of dough.
- Place 1 teaspoon of the mango mince diagonally down the middle of the dough.
- Then wet the side of the cookie dough with water and pinch it over to the middle. Repeat with the rest of the dough.
How To Make The Ube Cheese Filling
- The ube cheese filling is super simple, you can buy store bought Ube Halaya or make it using this recipe. The cheese are just strips of cheddar cheese cut into 1 inch x 1 cm mini logs.
How to shape the Ube Cheese Cookies
- Dust your work surface with powdered sugar. Take one of the disks and shape it into a ball. Roll it out into a circle about 6 inches in diameter. Spread the ube halaya all over the circle of dough and then cut it into 8 wedges. Take a piece of cheese and put it on the wide end of the wedge and roll it over until it looks like a crescent.
- Repeat the steps for the rest of the disks that are in the freezer, or you can keep them in there until you want to bake more.
How to bake the Polish Kolaczki Cookies
- Preheat the oven to 350F. Line the cookies 1 inch apart and bake for 12-14 minutes. Just until the dough starts getting tan, but not to golden or burnt. Leave to cool on a wire rack completely.
- To finish dust the cookies with more powdered sugar just before serving.
How to Store The Cookies
- You can shape, fill and bake the cookies and freeze them. Before freezing, cool them down completely and then put in an air tight container. It will keep well for up to 6 months. You can also just make the dough and freeze until you are ready to shape, fill and bake. Either way works well.The cookies can also be stored in a cookie jar or tin for up to 5 days. Just dust more powdered sugar on before serving.