Cheese Blintzes II

Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 35 min
Servings: 4
Yield: 4 servings

Description

Homemade crepes are stuffed with a vanilla-cheese filling, sprinkled with cinnamon sugar, and baked in this easy recipe.

Ingredients

1 cup milk
3 eggs
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
2 cups cottage cheese
1 egg yolk
1 teaspoon melted butter
2 teaspoons white sugar
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoons butter, or as needed
2 tablespoons cinnamon sugar, or as needed

Directions

1 Place the milk, whole eggs, salt, and flour into a blender. Blend until smooth. Refrigerate at least 20 minutes. Meanwhile, make the filling by beating together the cottage cheese, egg yolk, melted butter, sugar, lemon juice, and vanilla extract in a bowl with an electric mixer until smooth.
2 Preheat an oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Lightly grease a baking sheet.
3 Melt some of the 2 tablespoons of butter in a skillet over medium-high heat. Pour in about 2 tablespoons of the batter and tilt the pan to completely coat with the batter. Cook until golden on the bottom, and no longer wet on the top, about 2 minutes per crepe. Repeat with remaining batter.
4 Place 1 to 2 tablespoons of the filling near one edge of a crepe. Fold this side up towards the center, then fold the sides in. Fold the top over the filling, and place seam-side-down onto the prepared baking sheet. Repeat with the remaining crepes and filling.
5 Bake in the preheated oven 10 minutes, then sprinkle with cinnamon sugar, and continue baking until lightly golden, about 5 minutes more.