Potato Knishes

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 6 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 egg
• 1 egg
• 1 1/2 cups lukewarm water
• 3/4 cup vegetable oil
• 12 medium potatoes, cooked and mashed (about 4 lbs.)
• 1 1/2 cups chopped onions
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 2 beaten eggs
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 to make the dough: combine flour and soda.
• 2 make a hole in the centre and add beaten egg and egg whites and 1/4 cup of water.
• 3 gradually mix with a knife, working from the inside out and adding more water in small amounts (about 1/4 cup at a time).
• 4 when well-mixed, divide into 6 balls.
• 5 knead with your hands and throw dough on counter top several times.
• 6 with a small amount of flour, add 1 tbsp.
• 7 of oil to each roll.
• 8 knead until smooth and elastic enough for a thumb print to stay for a few seconds in the dough.
• 9 place dough in a pie plate and pour remaining oil over balls to soak.
• 10 let stand at least 1 hour before using.
• 11 for the filling: sauté onions in vegetable oil.
• 12 mix potatoes with onions, eggs, salt and pepper.
• 13 to assemble knishes, roll dough with a rolling pin; press with hands until very thin.
• 14 holding dough in your hands above a table, begin stretching in the middle and working towards the outside.
• 15 each ball of dough should be as thin as paper (about 1/16 of an inch).
• 16 form potato mixture into a long slender roll, about 1 inch in diameter.
• 17 roll dough around potato mixture.
• 18 seal.
• 19 preheat oven to 400 f.
• 20 cut rolls into 1 1/2 inch pieces.
• 21 push ends partially shut and place ends down on a shallow greased baking sheet.
• 22 bake 45 minutes in a 400 f.
• 23 oven, until lightly browned.
• 24 makes 12 knishes.