Apple Or Cheese Flatbread

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup half-and-half
• 1/4 cup sour cream
• 3 egg yolks
• 3 tablespoons dry yeast
• 1/3 cup warm water
• 3 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons lemon zest
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup butter
• 6 -8 apples, peeled and thinly sliced
• 1 tablespoon lemon zest
• 3 tablespoons butter
• demerara sugar
• ground cinnamon
• 2 lbs pressed cottage cheese
• 2 tablespoons sour cream
• 3 egg yolks
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3/4 cup raisins
• 1 tablespoon lemon zest

Recipe

• 1 dissolve the yeast in the warm water and mix with the cream, sour cream and egg yolks.
• 2 in a large bowl, mix together the flour, lemon zest, sugar, and salt.
• 3 cut the butter into the flour mixture until it resembles small peas.
• 4 add the liquid mixture to the flour mixture.
• 5 mix with a fork just enough to moisten the dry flour.
• 6 cover the dough and store in the refrigerator over night.
• 7 next day, divide the dough into two portions and roll out to fit into two 9" x 13" baking pans.
• 8 for one pan, arrange the peeled apples, shingle-wise and closely, in neat rows over the dough.
• 9 sprinkle with lemon juice.
• 10 sprinkle with demerara or brown sugar and cinnamon to taste.
• 11 dot with butter and bake until golden brown, about 45 minutes.
• 12 put under the broiler for the last few minutes to make the apples soft and juicy.
• 13 for the other pan, rub the cottage cheese through a sieve.
• 14 mix with the sour cream.
• 15 beat the egg yolks with the sugar, lemon zest and vanilla.
• 16 mix together the egg mixture, cottage cheese mixture and the raisins.
• 17 taste to see if you need more sugar.
• 18 if the mixture feels too soft, add 1 tablespoon of flour.
• 19 spread the mixture over the dough.
• 20 brush the entire surface with the beaten whole egg.
• 21 bake about 45 minutes until the cake is golden on top.