Cheesy Blueberry Kolaches

A recipe from Georgia Department of Education School Nutrition

These Kolaches feature a honey wheat yeast dough and are filled with a simple, fresh blueberry filling, enhanced with cinnamon and mozzarella cheese. They are both beautiful and delicious!

Ingredients:

60 each Kolache Dough
2 lbs Blueberries, fresh
2 cup Sugar, granulated
2 tsp Spice, cinnamon, ground
2 1/2 lbs Cheese, mozzarella, cubes or shredded

Steps:

Place thawed kolache dough in proofer.
Allow dough to rise 60-90 minutes until doubled in size.
While the dough is rising, prepare the blueberry filling by mixing blueberries, sugar, cinnamon and cheese in a large mixing bowl.
Remove the risen dough from proofer. Using the bottom of a ¼ cup dry measuring cup, press a deep indentation in the center of each dough.

If the indentation is too shallow, the fillings will spill out as they bake.

If the cup is sticking lightly spray the bottom of the cup with cooking spray.

Using a #16 scoop, add blueberry filling to the center of each dough.
Spray tops of kolaches with butter pan spray and bake at 325°F for 20-25 minutes.

The center kolaches will take longer to bake. Test these for doneness before removing from the oven.