Ingredients
- • Ukrainian Cheese Crust Pyrizhky:
- • Most homemakers, at one time or another, wonder what to bake for some special occasion. Here is a good recipe for cheese-crust pastries with a prune-nut filling.
- • 1/2 cup butter
- • 1 cup cottage cheese
- • 3 tablespoons sugar
- • 1 cup sifted flour
- • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- • 1/2 teaspoon salt
- • 20 prunes, stewed
- • 1/4 cup chopped walnuts
- • 1 tablespoon honey
Instructions
- Cream the butter with the cottage cheese and sugar. Sift the flour with the cinnamon and salt. Combine both mixtures and mix well. Chill thoroughly.
- Pit the prunes, split into halves, and fill each half with a mixture of the nuts and honey. Roll the dough 1/8 inch thick and cut into rounds.
- Place the filled prune-half on each round, bring the edges together, seal, and shape into an oblong. This is the traditional shape for pyrizhky.
- Place on a baking sheet, brush with melted butter, and make a slit on the top of each for the steam to escape. Bake in a moderate over 350 degrees F. for 15 to 20 minutes, or until delicately browned. Yield: 40 pyrizhky.
