Biezpien Maizîtes

Ingredients

 * 1 cp. milk
 * 2 1/2 cps. flour
 * 1 package (1 Tbsp.) yeast
 * 5 Tbsp. butter
 * 5 Tbsp. sugar
 * 1/2 tsp. salt
 * 2 lbs. (dry) cottage cheese
 * raisins (to taste)
 * 10 Tbsp. sugar
 * 1 package Oetker's vanilla sugar
 * 1 package Oetker's vanilla pudding powder
 * juice of half a lemon
 * 2 eggs, separated

Directions

 * 1) Making the dough:
 * 2) Put milk in saucepan and heat until bubbles start to form. Let it cool until lukewarm.
 * 3) Then add one Tbsp. sugar, yeast, and let stand about 10 minutes.
 * 4) Add enough flour to make a soft dough. Let this rise for 20 minutes.
 * 5) Cream butter, add sugar and salt.
 * 6) When dough has risen (for the 20 minutes) add the butter mixture, and remaining flour.
 * 7) Let rise for about one hour.
 * 8) Making the filling:
 * 9) Beat cottage cheese with a fork (or run through a Cuisinart-type food processor) to break up the lumps.
 * 10) Add sugar, vanilla sugar, pudding powder, lemon juice, egg yolks, and raisins.
 * 11) Beat well. Whip egg whites and fold into cottage cheese mixture.
 * 12) Making the pastries:
 * 13) Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
 * 14) Roll out batter onto a cookie sheet, and spread with filling.
 * 15) Alternately: make a number of small, Danish-style pastries and spoon filling into centre of each one.
 * 16) Bake for 30 - 50 minutes. Put on a rack to cool.
 * 17) If made in a sheet, cut only when cooled.
 * 18) This has fewer calories than a traditional cheese Danish, but tastes just as good, if not better!