posted by strawflower 07-24-99 9:42 AM
Cherry Cheese Blintzes:
Source: The Good Housekeeping Illustrated Cookbook
*12 blintzes, recipe follows
*18 oz. creamed cottage cheese
*3-oz. package cream cheese, softened
*1/4 cup sugar
*1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
*2 tablespoons butter or margarine
*Cherry Sauce (recipe follows)
Prepare the blintzes (recipe below).
30 MINUTES BEFORE SERVING:
In a small bowl with mixer at medium speed, beat cottage cheese,
cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla extract till smooth.
Spread about a tablespoon of mixture on each blintz to within 1/2
inch of edge;
Fold 2 sides of each blintz slightly toward the center then
roll in opposite direction, jelly-roll fashion.
Prepare Cherry Sauce (recipe follows) in cook-and-serve skillet;
add filled blintzes.
Over low heat, simmer 10 minutes to heat through.
CHERRY SAUCE:
2/3 cup boiling water
1 pound sweet cherries, pitted
1/4 cup sugar
In 2-qt. saucepan over medium heat, in boiling water, heat cherries to boiling.
Reduce heat to low.
Cover and simmer 5 minutes or till tender.
During last minute of cooking, add sugar. (Can also be served over
waffles or pancakes).
BLINTZES:
Mix together:
1 cup milk
2 tablespoons melted butter
2 eggs
THEN ADD:
1/2 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
Grease the griddle or frying pan because these will stick easily.
Fry thin pancakes using 1/2 cup of the blintz mixture for each ,
over medium heat.
Beat mixture before each blintz and grease griddle each time.