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["Peel and boil potatoes until soft. While potatoes are still hot, add remaining ingredients for filling while mashing potatoes. Blend well. Allow filling to cool.", "Place flour, salt and eggs into large bowl. While adding water, beat with electric mixer. Add enough water to make dough soft and workable for kneading. You can always add more flour if dough is too soft.", "After dough is mixed well by electric mixer or doughmaker, place dough on well floured board and knead until it does not stick to board or fingers.", "Cut off a handful of dough and cover remaining dough with linen towel. Roll out small ball of dough into a circle. Dough will tend to ""snap back"" when rolled out, so it takes much rolling with the rolling pin. When finally rolled to approximately 1/8 inch thickness, cut out circles from dough using a round cookie cutter, glass or cup rim. Circle should be approximately 3 inches in diameter. Dough scraps may be re-rolled", "Take a circle of dough, stretching it slightly and place it into the palm of your hand. With your dominant other hand place a large tablespoon of filling into the center of the circle. Be careful not to touch edge of circle of dough with filling; the edges will then not stick together well and may open when being boiled. After the filling is in the center of the dough circle, fold the dough in half, covering the filling and making a half circle. Press the 2 edges of dough together with the tips of your forefinger and thumb. Go back again and seal again with your thumb nail.", "Boil water in a large pot. When water is boiling, drop in 5 to 7 pierogi and use a wooden spoon to make sure that none are stuck to the pot or to each other. Do not boil a large mount of pierogi at the same time. Boil for 7 minutes. Pierogi should be floating on top of water after 7 minutes. Remove pierogi, one at a time, with a slotted spoon and layer them in a serving or casserole dish, pouring melted butter between layers.", "Boiling water may continue to be reused unless a pierogi breaks open during boiling, then making the water too cloudy with potatoes.", "Continue process of filling and cutting out dough, filling and boiling until all dough and filling is used. Leftover dough may be rolled out, cut into squares, boiled, cooled, and then fried in butter until crispy (called PLOTSKIS)."]
