Apricot Kolaches
I've been watching the Hairy Bikers "Bakeation' and have enjoyed seeing the interesting breads and pastries which are made in Europe. I decided that I wanted to try one out, and found this recipe for 'Kolaches' in a cookery book about world cooking. They're Czech pastries and are often eaten at festivals such as Easter, so it's an appropriate time to make them. In the book there's a choice of 2 fillings for the buns - apricot or cheese. I decided on apricot, as I'd just bought some last weekend. The recipe uses a breadmaker, but they could, of course, be made by hand. I used my breadmaker the other day to make the dough for Hot Cross Buns, and this recipe has some of the same ingredients. It makes 16 pastries. 1 egg 120ml milk 60g butter 60g sugar 1/2 tspn salt 250g strong white flour packet quick yeast icing sugar to dust Beat the egg and milk together and pour into the breadmaker pan. Add the sugar, butter and salt and then the flou...