Traditional Cheese Blintzes

Ingredients

• 3 eggs
• 1 cup milk
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1.5 teaspoons salt , divided
• 0.75 cups all-purpose flour , sifted
• 1 package dry small curd cottage cheese , 16 ounce
• 3.5 tablespoons white sugar
• 3 tablespoons sour cream
• 1 egg yolk
• 0.25 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 0.25 cups butter , or as needed, divided

Instructions

1. 1

   Beat eggs in a bowl. Add milk, oil, and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Beat in flour using an electric mixer until well blended. Let batter stand for 15 to 30 minutes.

2. 2

   Mix the remaining 1 teaspoon salt, cottage cheese, sugar, sour cream, egg yolk, and cinnamon together in a bowl to make the filling.

3. 3

   Melt butter in a 6- to 7-inch skillet. Spoon a portion of the batter onto the skillet; cook until lightly browned on the bottom, about 3 minutes. Turn out onto a tea towel. Repeat with the remaining batter, thinning with small amounts of water if necessary and greasing the pan after every 2 to 3 blintzes.

4. 4

   Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease a baking sheet.

5. 5

   Melt the remaining butter in the skillet over low heat, about 1 minute.

6. 6

   Place a blintz on a clean work surface with the uncooked side up. Add 1 tablespoon filling and roll up, completely covering the filling. Place on the prepared baking sheet. Repeat with the remaining blintzes. Brush filled blintzes with melted butter.

7. 7

   Bake in the preheated oven until brown, 15 to 20 minutes.