Kolaczki (Pronounced ko-wah-ch-kee.) Yesterday I decided to take my little dog Weezer and head over to my parents house to “help” my mom with some Christmas cookie baking. I use the term “help” loosely, because sometimes I am more of a bother in the kitchen than a help, especially when it comes to baking. Kolaczki are a traditional holiday cookie in our house. They are light, buttery, flaky, and filled with fruit preserves. Being the proud Polish family that we are, we like to say they are a Polish cookie, but more realistically, I think they are a traditional Eastern European cookie. They are called many different names in Polish and in other languages. No matter what you call them, in whatever language, the description is always the same. They are G-O-O-D! (Pronounced guuud.) But, I digress. When I got to my parent’s house, my mom already had the dough made and chilled. Score! One less thing for me to mess up. Then she springs this one on me: “Would you mind making a surprise dish for your brother for Christmas dinner while you’re here?” Seriously? I thought we were baking together? So, what mama wants, mama gets. I started …

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