Baked Perogies

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 egg
• 2 - 3 pounds potatoes
• 275 milliliters dry curd cottage cheese
• 1 - 2 tablespoons butter
• Salt
• Pepper
• Dill
  

Instructions

1. Dissolve baking soda in sour cream. Mix the flour, sour cream, baking soda and egg well. Allow the dough to sit for 2 hours.
2. Meanwhile, prepare filling from boiled potatoes mashed with butter, salt and pepper. Add cottage cheese to potatoes. Add dill to taste. Roll out dough about 1/4 inch thick. Cut out circles with bottom of glass. Place a teaspoon of potato filling on each circle. Pinch edges together to make a small oblong perogy. Place pinch edges down on buttered baking sheets.
3. Bake at 325 degrees F for about 20 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from pan.
4. Serve with melted butter and fried onions.

Source: Winnipeg Free Press, 9/28/94