Vatrushki (soft cheese tarts)

Ingredients:

Dough:

2 cups flour

1 cup milk

1 oz yeast

2 tb sugar

1/2 tb salt

5 tb butter

Filling:

2 cups cottage cheese

3 tb sugar

4 egg yolks

2 tb sour cream

2 tb butter

1 tb flour

grated lemon peel

Mix yeast, sugar, 1 teaspoon of flour in warm milk. Let it rise for 15-20 minutes. Add all the milk and half the flour, mix, let it rise again. When it has risen, add the rest of the flour, salt, butter and mix until it is smooth and elastic. Let the dough rise once more. Form small buns, put them on a greased baking sheet leaving 2 inches space between them, let rise for 10-15 minutes. Make depressions in the buns with the bottom of a glass. Smear the brims with whisked egg; fill the depression with the filling.

Filling: Rub the cottage cheese through a strainer; add melted butter, grated lemon peel, sour cream, flour, egg yolks whisked with sugar. Mix it well (also, you can stuff vatrushki with a jam, with cranberries minced with sugar, black cherries, apples, etc.) Bake at 200-220° until lightly brown.