Vegan potato and cheese perogies

Perogies....yum yum yum, I came across this delicious recipe and made a few tweaks, it is soooooo goooooood. My boyfriend ate practically the whole batch! of course this is one of those vegan recipes that completely disproves the theory that all vegans eat healthy, so please make and eat these sparingly in your diet!

Ingredients

Perogie dough:
2 cups all purpose flour
1/2 cup warm water
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1/4 tsp salt

Filling:
4 Potatoes (boiled and mashed)
1/2 onion (finely chopped)
1 or 2 cloves garlic (finely chopped)
Daiya Cheddar Style Shreds (personal taste)
Earth Balance

Directions

To make dough, mix ingredients together and knead until smooth. If mix is dry, add 2 tablespoons warm water. This will form a slightly sticky ball. Leave in a bowl covered with a towel for 30 minutes.

Saute onion and garlic with Earth Balance. When they start to brown add mashed potatoes and stir in more Earth Blance to your taste (use enough to make potatos creamy). Add Daiya Cheddar Style Shreds (again to your personal taste)and stir until just melted. Remove from heat and set aside.

Once dough has rested for 30 minutes, take half of the dough and roll it out until it is approximately 1/4 inch thick. Use a round cookie cutter or cup to cut round pieces from the dough.

Take each round piece and roll it out so it is even thinner. Then take a small amount of the potato/Daiya Style Shreds filling and place near center of the circle. Fold the circle in half and press around the edges with a fork to seal them.

**do not over fill or they will not seal. Repeate for each circle.

To cook, place perogies in a pot of boiling water until they float (this will only take a few minutes). Once they float, remove from water. Placed boiled perogies in frying pan with Earth Balance and fry until brown.

Serve with your favourite perogie toppings. I recommend topping with vegan sour cream, finely sliced chives and bacon bits (as pictured above).


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