Yummy Russian Potato Pies!

Submitted by Enjolinfam

"I love Russian potato pies. I altered this recipe from one by Linda Johnson on her cooking show titled "From Russia with Love." Enjoy!"

 

• Ready In: 1hr 10mins
• Ingredients: 15
• Yields: 12 little pies

ingredients

• Dough

• 236.59 ml warm water
• 59.14 ml margarine
• 4.92 ml salt
• 59.14 ml powdered milk
• 14.79 ml yeast
• 473.18 ml white flour
• 59.14 ml whole wheat flour

• Potato Filling

• 4 medium hot cooked potatoes
• 118.29 ml sour cream
• 7.39 ml salt
• 4.92 ml onion powder

• Topping

• 1 medium onion, chopped in big pieces
• 22.18 ml oil
• margarine, to brush over top
• sour cream, to your liking

directions

1. Mix together the warm water, margarine, salt and milk powder. Slowly stir the flour into the liquid ingredients until it makes a soft dough. Spray a medium-sized bowl with vegetable oil spray and place the dough in the bowl. Spray the top of the dough with vegetable oil spray. Cover and let rise in a warm place until double in size.
2. Divide the dough into 12 equal pieces. Let the dough rest for 5 - 10 minutes. Prepare filling by mixing all ingredients and stirring well. Roll out each piece of dough and put a couple of spoonfuls of filling in the middle of the dough. Add a little sour cream and roll the dough up like little loaves of bread.
3. Let the loaves rise until double in size. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 - 30 minutes. They should be golden brown. Place on a wire rack and brush a little margarine on top of each little loaf.
4. In a small skillet heat 1 1/2 Tbsp oil and saute onion a few minutes. Serve onion on top of the potato pies with a dollop of sour cream.

Reviews

[Stephanie Y.]

What a nifty little hand pie, perfect to pack away in a lunch box. I added sauteed mushrooms, onions and caraway seeds leftover from another recipe. I don't often bake with yeast but this recipe made it so easy. Made for ZWT 4 by a fellow Jefe de la Cocina.

 

[evelynathens]

The dough was very nice and easy to work with, but I would have liked a little more flavour to the filling. Some sauteed onions would have really upped the flavour factor, and possibly a little spice? It was just too bland as it stood.