Ice Cream Kolacky
Prep Time: 1 d 20 mins
Cook Time: 12 mins
Chill Time: 1 d
Total Time: 2 d 32 mins
Use flour, butter, and ICE CREAM to make a pastry dough for a fun spin on traditional kolacky cookies. Top with sweet cream cheese or thick jam to make this holiday cookie irresistible!
Cookies:
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup butter cold, cubed
- 1 cup vanilla ice cream full fat
Fillings:
- 1/4 cup fruit preserves apricot and blackberry
- 2 oz cream cheese
- 1 Tablespoon powdered sugar
Cookies
MEASURE out 1 cup of ice cream and set aside to soften on the counter while moving on to the next step.
CUT butter into 8-10 small pieces. Use a pastry blender to MIX the butter into the flour until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs (much like you would do while making pie crust).
ADD ice cream in the same way, cutting into the flour mixture until a dough forms. You can use a stand mixer with a dough hook for this step if you have one.
KNEAD dough 6-8 strokes or until smooth. CUT into 3 separate discs. Wrap discs in plastic wrap and REFRIGERATE until firm (or overnight, up to 3 days).
When ready to bake, PREHEAT oven to 400 F. Roll out dough to 1/4 inch thickness between a floured surface on the bottom and the plastic wrap on top to keep the dough from sticking to the rolling pin. Use a circle cutter to cut out cookies. Each disc should yield 1 dozen cookies, for 36 cookies total.
Filling
MIX cream cheese with powdered sugar.
PLACE parchment paper or a silicone baking mat on top of your baking sheet. This will make any fruit preserve spillage easy to clean up. Transfer cookies to the baking sheet.
Using your thumb, make an indent into each cookie and FILL with 1/2 teaspoon fruit preserves or cream cheese filling. Suggested to do 1 dozen of each filling.
BAKE for 12 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes and transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. DUST with powdered sugar before serving.
Calories: 62kcalCarbohydrates: 6gProtein: 1gFat: 4gSaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 10mgSodium: 31mgFiber: 1gSugar: 1gCalcium: 8mgIron: 1mg
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: European
Author: Katrina Bahl
Keyword: christmas, cookie, cream cheese, freezer jam, ice cream, kolacky