Pierogies
- 4 cups flour
- 4 egg yolks
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 34 cup warm water
- 12 cup mashed potatoes
- 8 potatoes
- 12 lb longhorn cheese, cumbled
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 12 teaspoon pepper
- Mash cooked potatoes, adding another teaspoon of salt if necessary.
- Add the crumbled cheese together with two tablespoons of melted butter and the remaining filling ingredients.
- Cool the filling and roll into balls.
- On a kneading board, mound the flour and make a hole in the center.
- Drop the egg yolks in hole and beat into flour with fork.
- Add salt, water, mashed potatoes and knead for 5 minutes.
- Cover dough with a cloth and let rest for 10 minutes.
- Divide dough in halves and roll thin.
- Cut circles in the dough with a large biscuit cutter (4 3/4 inch diameter).
- Place a small spoonful of the filling into each round of dough.
- Moisten the edge of the dough with water if necessary, fold over and press edges together.
- Be sure they are well sealed to prevent the filling from running out.
- Drop carefully into gently boiling salted water.
- When pierogi rises to the surface, boil gently for 3 to 5 minutes.
- Lift carefully with a wooden spoon and drain in a colander.
- Then serve with butter and onion.
- You can also fry them and serve with catchup.
flour, egg yolks, salt, warm water, potatoes, potatoes, longhorn cheese, butter, salt, pepper
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/pierogies-345164 (may not work)