Datchkel
One of the best cookies you will ever eat!
Ingredients
- 4 cups all purpose flour
- 1 lb cold butter, cut into ½ inch cubes
- 16 oz small curd cottage cheese
- 8 oz Raspberry or Strawberry preserves
- Sugar
Instructions
- In a large bowl, use a pastry cutter to cut the butter into the flour. Combine until you have a crumbly consistency.
- Add cottage cheese, mixing lightly until dough is well combined and holds together.
- Divide dough into four equal portions and wrap in plastic. Refrigerate for several hours or overnight.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- On lightly floured board, roll out one portion of dough to 1/8-inch thickness.
- With a pizza cutter or pastry dough cutter, cut dough into 2 1/2-inch squares.
- Place a teaspoon of preserves in the center of each square.
- Bring all four corners together and press down in the center to seal and make a packet.
- Place a generous pinch of sugar in the center of each cookie.
- Place cookies 1 inch apart on an un-greased cookie sheet.
- Bake for 20 minutes or until lightly golden browned.
- Remove from pan with a metal spatula and cool completely on a wire rack.