Creamy Fruit Blintzes
Ingredients
- CHEESE FILLING
- 1 large egg yolk
- 2 tbsps. sugar
- 1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese
- 2 cups (12 oz. carton) dry cottage cheese
- OR 2 cups (12 oz. carton) creamed cottage cheese
- 1/4 tsp. vanilla extract
- BLINTZES
- 3 large eggs
- 3 tbsps. Crisco® Pure Vegetable Oil
- 1 1/2 cups milk
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/3 cup butter
- 2 tbsps. butter
- Powdered sugar
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1 cup Smucker's® Strawberry Preserves
- OR 1 cup Smucker's® Cherry Preserves
- OR 1 cup Smucker's® Blueberry Preserves
Directions
- Step 1
COMBINE egg yolk and sugar; beat with an electric mixer until thick and yellow. Add cream cheese, cottage cheese and vanilla; mix well. Refrigerate until ready to use.
- Step 2
COMBINE eggs, oil and milk in medium bowl; beat until well blended.
- Step 3
ADD flour and salt; continue to beat until batter is smooth and flour is dissolved. Refrigerate, covered, 30 minutes or until ready to use.
- Step 4
HEAT a small skillet slowly. To test temperature, drop a little cold water onto surface; water should bead up and bounce. For each blintz, brush pan lightly with melted butter.
- Step 5
MEASURE 3 tablespoons batter into cup. Pour into skillet all at once, rotating skillet quickly to spread evenly.
- Step 6
COOK 1 minute until golden brown on underside; loosen edge with spatula and remove. Dry on paper towels. Stack, brown side up, with waxed paper between blintzes.
- Step 7
HEAT oven to 200ºF.
- Step 8
SPREAD 3 tablespoons filling on browned side of each blintz, making a rectangle 4 inches long. Fold two sides in over filling, overlapping edges and covering filling completely.
- Step 9
MELT 1 tablespoon butter in large skillet over medium heat. Add half of blintzes, seam-side-down and not touching. Sauté until golden brown, turning once. Keep warm in oven while cooking second half of blintzes.
- Step 10
SERVE hot, sprinkled with powdered sugar and topped with sour cream and preserves.
Serving size
(1 blintz)
- Calories 270
- Calories from Fat150g
- Total Fat 17g
- Saturated Fat 8g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 0g
- Monounsaturated Fat 0g
- Cholesterol 90mg
- Sodium 250mg
- Potassium 0mg
- Total Carbohydrates 25g
- Dietary Fiber 0g
- Sugars 17g
- Protein 6g
- Vitamin A 0%
- Vitamin C 0%
- Vitamin D 0%
- Calcium 0%
- Thiamin 0%
- Niacin 0%
- Zinc 0%
- Riboflavin 0%
- Iron 0%
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet