Cherry Kolaches

Photo: flickr user whitneyinchicago

Ingredients

12 frozen yeast dinner rolls (80 calories per roll o

1 pkt sugar free vanilla cook and serve mix

cup water

2 dshs red food coloring (2 to 3)

cup cherries no sugar added (frozen, fresh or canned)

teaspoon almond extract

Preparation

Spray a large cookie sheet with butter flavored cooking spray. Evenly space frozen rolls on sheet. cover with cloth and let thaw and rise. Make an indentation in center of each roll. In medium pan combine pudding mix, water, food coloring and cherries. cook over medium heat until thick and sauce comes to a boil. Remove from heat . Stir in Almond extract.

Place 1 large Tb. of sauce in center of each roll. Cover again and let rolls rest for 10-15 mins. Quickly spray top of each roll with butter flavored spray. Bake 10-15 mins. at 400 F. or until golden brown. Remove form oven and quickly spray again with butter-flavored spray. Place sheet on top of wire rack and let cool.

Diabetic: 1 starch