Buttermilk flan with walnut crust

  This recipe for walnut crust is very good when used with the buttermilk flan filling. Substituting rolled oats for some of the flour in the crust should also give a good result. Crust: \1 1⁄2 cups whole wheat flour 1 cup ground walnut 1⁄4 cup sugar 1⁄2 cup unsalted butter, softened 1 large egg, lightly…

Varenikje (Sweet Perogies)

This best-ever varenikje dough recipe was adapted from Norma Jost Voth’s Mennonite Foods and Folkways from South Russia, Volume II.  This recipe doubled yields 7 dozen varenikje.  It also works well when tripled.  The recipe calls for all-purpose flour but bread flour may be substituted partially or entirely.  The varenikje may be made ahead, frozen…