Cottage Cheese Apricot Pie Recipes

APRICOT PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
• Mix 2 1/2 cups of flour and the salt in a bowl; cut the shortening into the flour mixture with a pastry cutter until the mixture is crumbly. Using a fork, mix in water, 1 tablespoon at a time, until the dough just holds together. Divide the dough in half and form each half into a ball. Working on a floured work surface, roll each ball out into a crust big enough for a 9-inch pie dish with an inch or so to spare. Carefully lift a crust, fold into quarters, position into pie dish, and unfold the crust. Set the other crust aside.
• Mix the sugar, 1/4 cup flour, and cinnamon together in a large bowl until thoroughly combined; stir in the lemon juice and apricots. Spoon the apricot filling over the pie crust in the dish, and top with the reserved crust. Crimp the edges of the crusts together with a fork, cut away the excess crust, and cut slits into the pie to allow steam to escape. Cover the edges of the pie crust with strips of aluminum foil to prevent burning.
• Bake on center rack of the preheated oven until the pie is browned and the filling is bubbling and thickened, 35 to 45 minutes. Remove to a rack to cool and sprinkle top with 1 teaspoon of sugar.

CZECH PASTRY COTTAGE CHEESE KOLACKY

Steps:

• Let butter soften in a bowl.
• When very soft mix butter and cottage cheese together.
• Add salt and sugar.
• Add flour last and mix by hand. To get dough to the consistency of pie dough.
• Put the dough in wax paper in the refrigerator overnight.
• If you want to bake it today leave the dough in the refrigerator at least for 3 hours.
• Then take it out and divide it into 3 parts.
• Take 1 part of the dough and put it on a floured table. Flatten the dough to a 1/8 of inch thick.
• Then take a small juice glass and cut round circle in the dough. (Put some flour on the rim of the glass if the dough start to stick). Take your thumb and make a dent in the middle of the dough. Fill it with apricot or any jam.
• Bake at 350 for about 15-20 minutes or until lightly brown.

APRICOT CHEESE PIE

Steps:

• Combine oats, butter, cinnamon and 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg in a small bowl. Press mixture onto bottom and up sides of a 9" round pie plate.
• Bake at 425 degrees for 7 to 10 minutes, until lightly browned.
• Meanwhile, combine cottage cheese, cream cheese, eggs, dates, 1/3 cup of the pineapple juice, vanilla extract, orange zest and remaining nutmeg in a food processor, mixer or blender and mix well.
• Pour into cooled crust and bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 35 minutes until filling is set, then chill at least one hour.
• Combine remaining pineapple juice and cornstarch in a small saucepan and heat to boiling, then boil 1 minute, stirring constantly, until thickened and clear. Arrange drained apricot halves on top of cheese filling and spoon pineapple glaze evenly over apricots.
• Refrigerate until glaze is set.