My baba's pyrohy (perogies)

6 Dozen or s

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1½ cup Water
3 tablespoons Cooking oil
1 each Egg
4½ cup Flour
1½ teaspoon Salt
¼ teaspoon Pepper
1 each Medium onion, chopped
¼ cup Butter
3 cups Potatoes, mashed
1 cup Cheddar Cheese (old), grated
8 cups Water, boiling

Directions

Dough:

Combine water, egg, oil and blend well. Add flour and 1 tsp of the salt. Knead until smooth and soft (8 minutes approx). Put dough into a lightly oiled bowl, cover and rest for 20 minutes.

Potato Filling:

Combine (slightly cooled) mashed potatoes and grated cheddar in a bowl. Saute onions in butter and add to mashed potatoes. Add in the remaining salt (½ tsp) and pepper to taste.

Take small pieces of the dough and roll it out until it is very thin (⅛" or so). Take a coffee mug (or round container of your choice) and cut our a circular shape.

Into the middle of the circle, drop ½ to 1 tsp of the potato mixture . Fold the circle in half and seal edges by pinching them together. This should leave you with a half moon shape.

When you have completed sealing the pyrohy, it should be laid between two clean towels (this prevents it from drying out). Once you have made all of the pyrohy possible (when either your dough or potato runs out), set a pot of water to boil.

In batches of 6-8 (depending upon how much your pot can hold), cook the pyrohy until they are floating. Remove from water, place in a casserole dish and melt some butter or margerine on the batch of pyrohy to keep them separated nicely. Continue this until they are complete.

Now they're ready to eat. Also at this time you can freeze them in batches (I find that batches of a dozen work well). I love pyrohy with sour cream, chives or fried onions and little pieces of bacon (shkvarky--optional).

The next day, you may find that frying the pyrohy give you an even more pleasant taste!

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