St. John's annual 4-hour kolachi sale coming up Saturday

CAMPBELL

Linda Livosky reigns as “queen of the kolachi” at St. John the Baptist Orthodox Church.

Her fellow bakers bestowed the title on the coordinator of the Cookie Walk, an annual fundraiser at the church.

The experienced baker, who oversees the production of some 1,200 kolachi, acknowledged she had a rocky start to the experience as a 19-year-old bride.

“My mom and grandmother always had baked,” Livosky said. “I had never made kolachi before.”

She got a Slovak-American cookbook. “It wasn’t specific on the details,” she said, so she didn’t know to divide the dough. She made one huge kolachi of questionable appeal.

But that was in 1960. Livosky, a 54-year church member, said she’s learned a lot since then. “We have a good time doing this,” she said of the baking experience.

For nearly two weeks, the ladies and men of the church gather on different days for hours at time in St. John’s kitchen to prepare for the four-hour sale. It will take place Saturday.

Read more about the event in Wednesday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.