Comforting Knishes

Healthy Jewish comfort food is usually an oxymoron. This is actually healthy for you, and delicious!

• Ready In: 1 hr 10 mins
• Yields: 15-18 knishes

Ingredients

• Dough

• 1  cup mashed potatoes
• 1  tablespoon  oil
• 1  teaspoon salt
• 3  cups unbleached white flour
• 1  teaspoon baking powder
• 1⁄2 cup  cold water

• Filling

• 1  cup  chopped onion
• 2  tablespoons  oil
• 1 1⁄2 cups mashed potatoes
• 1 1⁄2 cups  mashed tofu
• 1⁄4 cup  chopped fresh parsley
• 1  teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1⁄4 teaspoon black pepper

Directions

1. To make the dough, beat together mashed potatoes, oil, and salt.
2. Add the flour and baking powder and mix well.
3. Mix in the water and knead into a smooth dough.
4. Let rest on a board, covered with a cloth, for 1/2 hour.
5. To make the filling, sautè the onions in oil until transparent.
6. Mix together with the rest of the filling ingredients.
7. Cut the dough into 4 sections, then roll each section as thin as possible (about 1/16-inch thick).
8. Cut into 5 x 6-inch rectangles.
9. Place 2 or 3 tTablspoons of the filling in the middle of each rectangle.
10. Fold the sides in first, then the ends.
11. Place folded side down on an oiled cookie sheet.
12. Bake at 350 degrees F for 25 minutes, or until golden.
13. Serve with mustard.