SWEET YEAST BUNS — need we say more? That’s not all — dried fruit or sweet cream cheese fillings plus a crumbly streusel topping adorn these pillowy buns. It’s no wonder kolaches [koh-LAH-chees], an Eastern European bakery classic, have become super popular outside of their regional beginnings. These buns migrated to the U.S., in particular to Texas and the upper Midwest, where they’ve been a staple in those regions since Eastern Europeans settled in those areas, but luckily they’ve radiated way beyond those borders (and beyond the gas stations where they were often sold).
As things go, filling (and
