Cinnamon Blintzes Recipes

CINNAMON BLINTZES TO FREEZE

Steps:

• Sift together flour, salt, baking powder, and powdered sugar.
• In a separate bowl, whisk the eggs. Add the milk, water, and vanilla.
• Make a well in the dry ingredients and add the liquid ingredients. Stir until combined. Ignore the lumps- they will take care of themselves.
• Refrigerate for 2-3 hours or overnight.
• Stir out any remaining lumps.
• Spray a 5-7 inch skillet with nonstick cooking spray. Heat (but not so that crepe will brown) Pour in a thin layer of batter until the bottom of the skillet is covered. When crepe stars to bubble, use fingers to flip over. Cook for another minute or so then cool on a clean dish towel.
• Store cooled crepes between 6x6-inch squares of waxed paper.
• Mix cottage cheese, cinnamon, and sugar to taste.
• Fill crepes. Roll up, folding in the edges (like a burrito). Wrap in wax paper. Freeze.

QUICK-AND-EASY CHEESE BLINTZ CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 9 by 13-inch baking dish or coat it with nonstick cooking spray.
• In a blender or a food processor (fitted with a steel blade), combine all batter ingredients. Process until very smooth, scraping down the sides of the container once or twice. Measure out 1 1/2 cups of the batter, and pour it into the bottom of the prepared baking dish. Bake at 350 degrees forabout 10 minutes, or until it is set.
• Meanwhile, combine all the filling ingredients in a large bowl, and mix them well. When the bottom layer has set, remove it from the oven and spread the filling over it, smoothing the top. Give the remaining batter a brief stir to resuspend the ingredients; then very slowly pour it over the cheese filling so the filling is completely covered. Carefully return the casserole to the 350 degree oven, and bake an additional 35 to 40 minutes, or until the top is puffed and set.
• Let the casserole rest for about 10 minutes before cutting it into squares. Serve with your choice of accompaniments.

CINNAMON BLINTZES

Steps:

• Trim bread crusts and, using a rolling pin, flatten crustless bread slices.
• Cream together cream cheese, egg yolks, white sugar.
• Spread cream cheese mixture thinly on bread.
• Roll up.
• Dip each roll in melted margarine, then in brown sugar/cinnamon mixture.
• Freeze on cookie sheet.
• Store in ziploc bags.
• To bake, take desired number of blintzes from freezer.
• Do not thaw.
• Put on cookie sheet.
• Bake at 350 degrees 15-20 minutes.