Polish American Jam Cookies

Kołacz in Poland doesn’t mean the same as kołacz in Chicago. Kołaczki in Chicago and the American Midwest are tender and flaky folded jam cookies synonymous with Polish baking and a very big deal, especially around Christmas. Kołacz in Poland, on the other hand, is a kind of Silesian yeasted cake pastry, nothing to do with the American cookies. Really, the Chicagoan kołacz cookies just aren’t much of a thing in Poland. They exist, sure. And as in America, they’re mostly for Ch