Cheese Dough for Varenyky (Pyrohy)

Cottage cheese, egg, and milk contribute important nutritive elements to this dough. It is excellent with a cottage cheese filling.

2 cups flour            

1 egg slightly beaten

1 tsp. salt                

1/3 cup milk, about

2 cups cottage cheese

Mix the flour with the salt. Press the cottage cheese through a sieve and combine with the egg and milk. Stir in the flour and knead to make soft dough. Cover and let it stand for 10 minutes. Roll quite thin, cut as desired, and form small Varenyky, using a cottage cheese filling.