this makes about 5 dozen- they freeze really well.
6 cups flour
1 tsp salt
3 tbsp soft butter
2 cups warm water
2 eggs well beaten
1 tbsp vinegar
4 tbsp oil
Sift the flour and salt. Add butter and rub in as for tea bisciuts. In a bowl
combine the beaten eggs, water, vinegar and oil.
Make a hollow in the flour mixture and add the liquid. Mix well with a spoon
untill the mixture forms a ball in the bowl. It should be a soft slightly sticky
dough. Turn onto a floured surface and knead a few times until smooth. Cover and
let rest for about 1/2 hour. Prepare the filling.
filling
Peel, boil and mash about 10 -12 medium potatoes. Add 1/2 cup butter and salt
and pepper to taste.
To the potatoes you may add onion, bacon, grated cheddar cheese or whatever you
like.
Saurkraut or cooked mushrooms make a nice filling also.
Pinch dough into balls the size of a walnut. Roll the balls into a flat
circle/oval fill with a spoonful of filling , fold in half and pinch the edges
to seal. They will look like fat little half circles. At this point they may be
placed on a baking sheet and frozen, then bagged.
to cook
Working in small batches drop the perogies into boiling salted water and cook
6-8 minutes. Drain and toss with melted butter and saute'd onion, serve with
sour cream. Some people saute' the perogies in butter with the onion at this
point. They are also very good with mushroom gravy.