Easy Shavuot Blintzes

Blintzes are a traditional Shavuot food.  A very simple way to make homemade blintzes is to start the process with pre-made, store-bought crepes. All you need to do is create a family-pleasing filling!

Filling Ideas:
• Canned fruit pie filling or
• 2 cups ricotta cheese or dry cottage cheese blended with 1 egg, 2 Tbsp. sugar, 1 Tbsp.
margarine, 1 tsp. lemon juice, 1/2 tsp. vanilla.

Place a heaping spoonful of filling on the crepe. Fold over the opposite sides of the crepe and roll
up, jellyroll fashion. Then bake or fry blintzes.

Baking: Place blintzes in a greased baking dish and bake in a 400°F pre-heated oven. Bake 12-15 minutes.
Frying: Melt butter or margarine in a medium-sized skillet, on a burner that is set at medium –medium/high. Fry blintzes a few at a time, browning on both sides.

Serve blintzes with jam, sour cream or yogurt.

Getting the kids involved: Children can blend the cheese mixture and/or choose the pie filling. They can also place the filling on the crepes and roll them up. Frying should be done by adults only.

From the Union for Reform Judaism's Jewish Parent Page