Cheese Blintzes

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 cup fat-free cottage cheese
• 4 ounces tub-style light cream cheese (about 1/2 cup)
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 cups skim milk
• 1 1/2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3 large eggs
• cooking spray
• 2 cups blueberries or 2 cups other fresh berries
• 2 teaspoons powdered sugar

Recipe

• 1 place cottage cheese in a blender or food processor, and process until smooth, scraping sides of processor bowl once. add cream cheese, sugar, and 1 tablespoons vanilla; process until smooth. pour mixture into a bowl; cover and chill.
• 2 place flour in a medium bowl. combine milk, oil, 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla, salt and eggs and add to flour, stirring with a whisk until almost smooth. cover and chill 2 hours.
• 3 place a 10-inch crepe pan or nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray over medium-high heat until hot. remove skillet from heat. pour 3 tablespoons batter into pan; quickly tilt pan in all directions so batter covers skillet with a thin film. cook about 1 minute.
• 4 carefully lift edge of crepe with a spatula to test for doneness. the crepe is ready to turn when it can be shaken loose from the pan and the underside is lightly browned. turn crepe over; cook 30 seconds on other side.
• 5 place crepe on a towel; cool. repear procedure with remaining batter. stack crepes between single sheets of wax paper or paper towels to prevent sticking.
• 6 spoon 3 tablespoons cottage cheese mixture in center of each crepe; fold sides and ends of crepe over filling to form a rectangle. place filled crepes, seam sides down, on a baking sheet lined with plastic wrap. (blitnzes may be covered and chilled at this point).
• 7 place a large nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray over medium heat until hot. place 4 blintzes, seam side down, in skillet, cook 2 minutes or until lightly browned. turn blintzes over; cook for 2 more minutes. repeat procedure with remaining blintzes. serve warm with blueberries, and sprinkle with powdered sugar.