famous polish pierogies

How To Make famous polish pierogies

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  Whisk egg and sour cream together. Then whisk in milk and water. With a wooden spoon stir in flour 1 cup at a time until a loose sticky dough forms.
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  Turn the dough out onto a floured surface and turn and fold dough to knead, dusting with flour as needed until elastic and no longer sticky about 8-10 minutes. (Be careful not to add too much flour, which will toughen the dough).
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  Cover with inverted bowl and let rest for 1 hour.
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  Spray a baking sheet with oil to put your pierogies on so they wont stick or spray wax paper lightly with oil. Divide dough into 4 equal parts. Wrap the 3 pieces in plastic wrap and roll out the 4th on a lightly floured surface until 1/8 inch thick. Use a 3 inch biscuit cutter or a glass about the same size to cut out your circles of dough. Try your best to cut as close to one another as possible. Set aside scraps to be reworked.
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  Place about 1 1/2 tablespoons of the mixture of your choice into the center of each circle. Fold in half and pinch closed. If you have trouble with it closing just use a dab of water to it for closure. Place on your baking sheet or lightly greased wax paper.
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  Boil some water in a large pot with some salt. Drop 10 - 12 pierogies at a time into the water. They will cook for about 5 minutes or until they float to the top. Remove them when finished.
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  Have a pan ready with your onion & garlic sauce.....cook up those onions & garlic low and slow....stirring occasionally. You want your onions & garlic nice and tender. Add some of your pierogies and cook on both sides till they are lightly browned.
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  Don't laugh to hard....these are my first attempt at making pierogies. They look kinda sad but they tasted fantastic. lol Of course, Dad made his perfectly shaped and so beautiful.
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  Here is a pic of Dad & I getting ready to stuff our pierogies. This was a class we took as Dad wanted a refresher since his Bubba and Mum have passed. He had forgotten some details. I'll post a few pics of Dad & I last year making pierogies at my house.
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  Last year Dad & I making pierogies at my house. I think we ended up with 10 dozen or more. Worked all day on them....took a lot longer than we thought it would. Hopefully we will get faster this year. Dad rolling out the dough and cutting.
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  Here is what I was working on...all the fillings and then I stuffed them all.
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  Our finished pierogies on the counter which we froze most all of them.
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  Here were some that I cooked up to sample that night.
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