Polish Cream Cheese Cookies

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Ingredients:

1 (8 ounce package) Cream Cheese
3 Sticks Unsalted butter ,softend
3 Cups All-purpose flour
3 (8 ounce jars) Assorted jellys
1/2 Cup + more for dusting Confectioner Sugar

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350 Degrees F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
In a large bowl, beat cream cheese with butter until light and fluffy. Add flour, 1 cup at a time, and mix well. Divide dough into quarters. Wrap each quartered dough in plastic and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
Roll out dough 1/4 inch thick on a silicone mat or a surface that has been dusted with equal parts confectioners' and granulated sugars (not flour), Mom just used granulated sugar.
Using a pastry wheel or pizza cutter, cut dough into 2-inch squares. Place 1/2 to 1 teaspoon filling on center of each square. Overlap opposite corners of dough to the center over filling, pressing dough together to seal. ( Brush a tiny bit of beaten egg white on the dough where you want it to stick together to help it stick better. This will help prevent it from unsticking during baking)
Bake for 15 minutes or when corners start to brown. Cool completely and dust with confectioners’ sugar.

Recipe Notes:

Kolaczki are best eaten the same day or within a day or two. Dust with powdered sugar just before serving.

These can be frozen unbaked. Fill them and freeze on a parchment-lined sheet pan. When completely frozen, transfer to a freezer-safe container separated by sheets of parchment paper.

Bake them from the frozen state. You will need to bake longer than the 15 minutes though.

Don't freeze baked kołaczki. When defrosted, they will be soggy.