POTATO & CHEESE PEROGIES WITH BACON & ONION

potato & cheese perogies with bacon & onion image

Provided by Sandy Mika

Number Of Ingredients 11

Steps:

1. make your filling first. peel potatoes and quarter and put to boil, cook till tender same as you would for mashed potatoes. Drain and return to pot. smash the potatoes.
2. while potatoes are boiling , fry up bacon, when done remove bacon from grease, but do not throw out grease. set bacon aside.
3. add the onions to the bacon grease and cook till tender . when done add both sticks of butter to the onions and stir until butter is melted. remove from heat, set aside.
4. cut velveta cheese up into smaller chunks. when potatoes are done and drained ,and smashed, pour the onions and butter into potatoes , add the cheese to it too, crumble or cut up bacon and mix up well . set aside, and make dough.
5. mix 3 1/2 cups of flour with the salt add 1 egg and the 16oz container of sour cream mix well. on a floured surface roll dough out to about 1/8" thickness. cut out circles of dough, fill with 2 tbs of filling , fold over and seal edges with water , crimp edges with fork.
6. boil a pot of water when water is at a full boil drop perogies into the water when they float to the top remove from water and let drain on racks. when dried you can either bag them up and freeze until ready or fry up in butter till golden brown and serve with sour cream. 8]