Cheese Blintzes Recipe - eggs

Method

• In a blender, place all the ingredients and whirl until smooth, scraping the sides a few times.
• Or, in a large bowl, whisk the eggs.
• Whisk in the flour, sugar, and salt.
• Gradually whisk in the water until the mixture is well blended and smooth.
• Set aside while preparing the filling.
• (Makes 2 1/2 cups.)
• Crumble the farmers cheese into a medium bowl.
• Add the cream cheese, sugar, egg, cinnamon, and salt and mash with a fork until well blended.
• Rub a 6-inch nonstick skillet with a paper towel moistened with vegetable oil.
• Heat over medium heat.
• Add 2 tablespoons of the batter, tilt the pan to evenly coat the bottom, and cook until golden brown on the underside, about 3 minutes (although successive crepes will brown faster).
• Tip the crepe onto a plate.
• Place a small piece of waxed paper on top to separate crepes.
• If not using right away, wrap tightly and refrigerate or freeze.
• Continue making crepes, stacking them with waxed paper, oiling the pan as needed, and thinning the batter with a tablespoon of water if it gets thick.
• You will get 20 to 23 crepes.
• Place a crepe on a work surface.
• Spoon a scant 2 tablespoons of filling onto the bottom half.
• Fold in the sides and roll up.
• Repeat with the remaining crepes and filling.
• Blintzes may be wrapped and refrigerated or frozen once filled.
• If baking blintzes, preheat the oven to 350 degrees and butter a 13 x 9 inch glass baking dish plus a smaller baking dish for those that cannot fit into the larger dish.
• Arrange blintzes seam side down in single layers in the buttered dishes.
• Dot with 2 to 3 tablespoons butter.
• Cover with foil and bake for 20 minutes.
• Uncover and bake until lightly browned and heated through, 10 to 15 minutes longer.
• If frying blintzes, melt 2 tablespoons butter in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat.
• Add enough blintzes seam side down to fit in the pan without touching.
• Fry until lightly browned and crisp on the underside, about 2 minutes.
• Turn and fry until heated through, 1 to 2 minutes more.
• Transfer to a large platter, cover loosely with foil, and keep warm in a 200 degrees oven while you fry the rest.
• Add butter to the pan as needed.
• Serve.