Cheese Strudel

by Kevin Enser

Ever since I saw your recipe for making strudel with puff pastry; there has been no stopping me. Just made cheese strudel.
Ingredients:

• 1 pkg Puff Pastry (2 sheets)
  
• 1 Container (16 Oz) Cottage Cheese
  
• 4 oz Cream Cheese (1/2 package)
  
• 1/3 Cup melted Butter
  
• 2 Egg Yokes
  
• 3 Tablespoon Flour
  
• 1 Tablespoon Vanilla Extract
  
• 1/3 Cup Sugar
  
• 1/4 Teaspoon Salt
  
• 1/2 Teaspoon Cinnamon
  
• Lemon Zest-optional
  

• Lay out 2 sheets of thawed puff pastry and roll out to about 15"X12" on floured surface
  
• Soften cream cheese in a microwave safe bowl
  
• Melt butter in Microwave safe bowl in microwave
  
• Drain water from cottage cheese by pushing through colander or strainer
  
• Blend cottage cheese and cream cheese together along with other ingredients except the butter which will be brushed on each layer of puff pastry.
  
• Spread the mixture on each sheet of Puff Pastry staying in about 2 inches from sides and about 1/2 way across dough on narrow side of dough.. Fold over dough containing mixture and brush with melted butter, fold over 2 inches of ends of dough sheet & flip over again and brush with butter. Cut diagonal slits at an angle in top of strudel.
  
• Bake on a greased sheet pan at 375 degrees for 30 min. Check and if dough hasn't puffed and isn't browned on top, put in for another 5 min or more.