Fat Grandmas Potato Knishes Recipes

FAT GRANDMA'S POTATO KNISHES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Heat oil in a skillet, add onions, and cook 5 minutes.
• Add garlic and paprika and turn heat to low, cook 7 minutes more.
• Meanwhile heat water, salt, potatoes in a large pot, bring to boiling, lower heat and simmer for 10-15 minutes.
• Drain potatoes and return them to pot over medium heat until water is evaporated.
• Remove from heat and cool slightly.
• Mash potatoes, add onion mixture, herbs, egg, salt, pepper, and flour.
• Use your hands to form 8 patties.
• Combine crust ingredients, dredge each knish through the crumb mixture, shaking off excess.
• Grease a baking sheet with cooking spray, spray tops and bottoms of knishes, bake 30-40 minutes, turning after 20 minutes.

NATALIE POWELL'S KNISHES

Steps:

• Dissolve chicken bouillon in 1 tablespoon water.
• Melt butter in a skillet over medium-high heat. Saute onions in hot butter until soft, 7 to 10 minutes.
• Place potatoes into a large pot and cover with salted water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until tender, about 20 minutes; drain and return potatoes to pot.
• Mash potatoes, onion mixture, 1 egg, garlic, chicken bouillon, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and pepper together until potatoes are smooth.
• Sift flour, sugar, baking powder, and 1/4 teaspoon salt together in a bowl; make a well in the center. Stir oil and 2 eggs into flour mixture. Add 3/4 cup water and beat until dough is smooth and elastic. Divide dough into 5 balls.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly oil a baking sheet.
• Roll 1 dough ball out on a lightly floured surface into a very thin rectangle. Brush surface of the dough with oil. Place about 5 spoonfuls of the potato mixture in a line on the dough about 2 inches from the long edge. Roll dough around filling. Pinch one end of the roll. Use the edge of your hand to cut dough roll into 5 knishes and pinch the edges of each. Repeat for remaining dough balls and potato filling. Place knishes on prepared baking sheet and brush each knish with oil.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown and dough is cooked through, about 20 minutes.

POTATO KNISH

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400.
• Boil potatoes in salted water for 15-20 minutes till soft.
• Drain and mash.
• Measure out one cup of the potatoes and reserve the rest.
• In a bowl add the oil and salt to the 1 cup potatoes and mix.
• Then add in the flour and baking soda in stages.
• Then add the cold water and knead dough until in forms a firm ball, then cover and let rest.
• In a medium skillet place the butter and heat, add the onions and cook them at medium temperature as to not brown them .
• Cook till soft, then pour the onions into a mixing bowl then mix them with the rest of the mashed potatoes and salt and pepper.
• Mix till combined. Do Not Overmix!
• Roll out dough on a floured surface till 1/4 inch thick.
• Cut dough into 4 rectangles.
• Place filling in the middle of the dough and fold them over till ends meet then fold the opposite ends over with some of the beaten egg to hold it closed.
• Brush beaten egg over the top of the knish and bake till golden brown approximately 20 minutes.
• Make 4 large knishes you can use the dough recipe with the other fillings like spinach and cheese.

NANA REBA'S POTATO KNISHES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Prepare potatoes according to package directions. Meanwhile, in a small skillet, heat butter over medium heat. Add onion; cook and stir just until tender, 4-6 minutes. Remove from the heat. Stir in salt and pepper. Stir onion mixture into potatoes. Cool slightly., Meanwhile, on a work surface, unroll crusts. Roll each to a 12x10-in. rectangle. Spread half the potato mixture evenly over 1 crust; top with another crust. Repeat with remaining crusts and potato mixture. Cut each rectangle lengthwise into 2-in. strips. Carefully transfer strips to parchment-lined baking sheets, separating slightly. Press opposite edges of strips with a fork to seal. Cut strips crosswise into 2-in. squares., Bake until golden brown, 25-30 minutes. Serve warm with mustard.