My experience of kolaches, the crazy delicious doughnut-like pastries brought to the central US by Slavic immigrants, is limited to a couple of places in Fredericksburg, TX. But there doesn’t appear to be a single thing wrong with Kolache Kitchen in Oklahoma City, which Erin Meister of Serious Eats recently visited. Meister accurately points out that the genius of the kolache is its bready base, which approximates that of a dinner roll. What gets slathered on top or baked into the middle can be either sweet or savory — Meister likes Kolache Kitchen’s apricot/sweet cheese, cinnamon/apple and poppy seed versions, because what person in their right mind wouldn’t. The result, especially when consumed fresh from the oven after a long day’s drive, can be life-changing. Kolache Kitchen also serves lunch, apparently, but you have to wonder why. (Photo by Erin Meister for Serious Eats.)
