Polish Cookie Recipe
This Polish Cookie Recipe is the perfect treat for any occasion. It has been handed down through generations in our family, and we are so excited to share it with you!
These cookies are known as “Kolaczki” in Polish, but they have also been called “Polish Christmas Cookies” by some. They are typically made during the holiday season, but honestly, they are delicious year-round.
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❤️ Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- You only need basic kitchen ingredients so you may not even need to buy anything at the grocery store.
- The strawberry jam is the perfect balance of sweet and tart and tastes amazing inside the cream cheese cookies.
- Also, these cookies are so easy to make that they are great for beginner bakers.
🛒Ingredients
You only need a few simple ingredients to help you make this tasty recipe. So, you don’t have to worry about spending a ton of money to make this sweet treat.
- cream cheese
- butter
- flour
- salt
- strawberry jam
- white chocolate chips
See the recipe card below for quantities.
🔪 How to Make This Polish Cookie Recipe
Making these cookies is so simple. Just follow these step-by-step instructions or check out the full directions in the recipe card at the bottom of the post so you can enjoy these cookies as well.
Step 1: Heat the strawberry jam
In a small saucepan, place the contents of an 18 oz jar of strawberry jam. Turn it to the lowest heat setting and let simmer until thickens, about 15-20 minutes. Set the jam aside and let it cool.
Step 2: Make the cookie dough
In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese and butter until light and fluffy. Add in the flour and salt until well combined. Scoop into a piece of plastic wrap cover tightly and place in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
Step 3: Cut out the cookies
Using sugar in place of flour, roll out the dough until it’s about ⅛” thick. Cut the dough into 2” squares. Place a small dollop of jam in the center of each square, and grabbing opposite corners, press them together until you have a firm seal. Press gently down on the center to keep the cookie from unraveling while baking.
Step 4: Bake the cookies
Set on a baking tray about an inch apart and place in the 350 degrees preheated oven to bake for 15 minutes, or until the edges of the cookies are just lightly golden brown. Remove and place on a cooling rack.
Step 5: Top the cookies with white chocolate
In a small microwave safe bowl, slowly melt the white chocolate chips until smooth. Place the white chocolate in a sandwich sized ziploc bag and cut a tiny hole in one corner to drizzle the chocolate on top of each cookie.
📝Variations
Do you want to change up this recipe and make it your own? Here are some ways that you can do that!
- Jams – Feel free to get creative and use your favorite jams, everything from raspberry, peach, or even apple will all work great in this kolaczki recipe.
- Chocolate – Instead of white chocolate, try using milk chocolate, semi-sweet chocolate or even dark chocolate.
- Topping – Not a fan of chocolate? While the cookies are still warm dust them with powdered sugar instead.
If you love delicious cookie recipes then you may also enjoy these Lemon Meltaway Cookies.
🥄 Equipment
This is a quick overview of the equipment that you will need to make this delicious recipe.
- rolling pin
- small saucepan
- large mixing bowl
- Electric mixer
- plastic wrap
- Knife
- Cookie sheets
- small bowl
- piping bag or storage bag
🥫 Storage
Storage – Store the cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for 3-4 days.
Freezing – You can also freeze these cookies in a freezer-safe container for up to three months. Thaw them at room temperature for a few hours.
Serve With Polish Cookies
These cookies can be served with a cup of coffee, tea or even a cold glass of milk. You can also serve them on your favorite holiday cookie platter alongside some of these 35 Delicious Christmas Cookie recipes.
💭 Tips
Here are a few tips that you can use to ensure that these cookies turn out perfectly for you when you make them:
- Make sure that you start with room temperature cheese cheese and butter so that you get a smooth and even cookie dough.
- To prevent the cookies from sticking to your baking sheets, I recommend that you line them with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.
- It’s important that you have patience and allow the jam to thicken enough so that it doesn’t run off the cookies while they are baking.
- Make sure that the jam is cooled before you add it to the top of the cookie dough.
⁉️ FAQ
Do you have questions about this recipe? Here are the answers to the most commonly asked questions.
Kolaczki’s are made of a cream cheese cookie dough that has a pastry like texture, and are filled with a sweet jam filling.
The difference is that kolaczki is a sweet jam filled cookie. And, kolaches are using a savory sausage stuffed roll.
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🧾Recipe Card
Want to make this polish cookie recipe? Print the recipe card below, or pin this recipe, so you can find it later.
Polish Cookies With White Chocolate Drizzle
Equipment
- small saucepan
- large mixing bowl
- Electric mixer
- plastic wrap
- Knife
- Cookie sheets
- small bowl
- piping bag or storage bag
- Rolling Pin
Ingredients
- 8 ounces cream cheese softened
- 1 ½ cup butter softened
- 3 cups flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1-½ cup strawberry jam
- 5 ounces white chocolate chips
Instructions
- In a small saucepan, place the contents of an 18 oz jar of strawberry jam.
- Turn it to the lowest heat setting and let simmer until thickens, about 15-20 minutes, stirring occasionally to keep from burning.
- Set jam aside and let cool. (You don’t want to skip this step and have jam that runs out of the cookies when you’re baking them!)
- In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese and butter together until light and fluffy.
- Add in the flour and salt until well combined.
- Scoop into a piece of plastic wrap and cover tightly and place in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Using sugar in place of flour, roll out the dough until it’s about ⅛” thick.
- Cut the dough into 2” squares. Place a small dollop of jam in the center of each square, and grabbing opposite corners, press them together until you have a firm seal.
- Press gently down on the center to keep the cookie from unraveling while baking.
- Set on a baking tray about an inch apart and place in the oven to bake for 15 minutes, or until the edges of the cookies are just lightly golden brown.
- Remove and place on a cooling rack.
- In a small microwave safe bowl, slowly melt the white chocolate chips until smooth.
- Place the white chocolate in a sandwich sized ziploc bag and cut a tiny hole in one corner to drizzle the chocolate on top of each cookie.
Notes
Disclaimer
Any nutritional data I provide is an approximation and actual dietary information can vary based on ingredients and proportion sizes.
