This is a very special recipe from a very special babka. Grandma B :), Natalia Baschak, my mother's mother and my grandma. Growing up, we ate this on every special occasion because someone would always request it. It is a superb meal to feed a lot of people, since potatoes are cheap and dough is cheap. I have yet to meet someone who has not fallen in love with it, once tried the homemade way. Store-bought does not even compare.
Babka Tips:
* Enlist a large crew. It is a simple recipe, but stuffing the filling can take a long time on your own.
* Eat with special toppings like sour cream, jam, fried onions, bacon or even hot sauce.
* While eating, add a green salad, forget about the calories, and enjoy to the fullest.
* I once at 30 of these in one sitting (when I was 12).
Dough recipe
(makes about 30 perogies):
2 cup all purpose flour
2 large beaten eggs
1/2 tsp salt
3/4 potato water (water from boiling your potatoes in)..makes it taste better than straight up water
Filling options:
# 1. Sauerkraut
1 can of sauerkraut (rinsed well)
Fried onions mixed in
# 2. Potatoes and cheddar cheese
Boil your potatoes (any kind).
Mash them up with cheddar cheese, salt and pepper.
# 3. Sweet Potato
Bake (or boil) and then mash
# 4. Cottage cheese
1 tub dry cottage cheese
herbs
1-2 eggs beaten in
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