Apple Maultaschen made from potato dough – Grandma's recipe

Ingredients for 4 servings:

• 6 medium-sized potatoes, approx. 900 – 1000 g
• 6 tbsp flour
• 1 pinch of salt
• 8 m.-sized apples, preferably sour variety
• 6 tbsp sugar
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 125 g butter or margarine
• 1 tbsp lemon juice (only for sweet apples)

Instructions

Working time approx. 1 hour; Rest time approx. 5 hours; Cooking/baking time approx. 1 hour; Total time approx. 7 hours

Boil potatoes with their skins on. Let cool for at least 4 hours. If overnight, do not refrigerate. Peel and grate over a corrugated potato grater. Add the flour and salt to the potato flakes and knead. Be careful, not all potatoes have the same amount of starch, so adjust the amount of flour according to the consistency of the dough. The dough should not be sticky and should be nice and smooth. Roll the dough into a sausage about 5 cm in diameter and cut into about 12-14 pieces. Flatten the pieces on a floured board and roll out into thin flatbreads about 20 cm in diameter using a rolling pin. Peel and core the apples, then grate them into larger strips using a coarse grater or cut them into thin slices by hand. Add the sugar (more if you like sweeter apples) and cinnamon. If the apples are sweeter, add 1 tablespoon of lemon juice. Mix well and wait 5 minutes. Spread the apple mixture on the flatbreads, squeezing them out a little first to avoid too much liquid getting into the Maultaschen. Now lift the flatbreads off the board on one side with a spatula and roll them up into a roll. Melt the butter in an enameled roasting pan, layer the rolls tightly and brush the tops with butter. Pour the drained apple juice along the edge of the pan. Bake in a hot oven at 200°C (top/bottom heat) for about 45-60 minutes. Let cool for about 5 minutes and eat immediately. The Maultaschen are done when they are nicely browned on top and feel about like a crispy roll when touched, but are nice and soft on the inside. Vanilla sauce, sauerkraut, potato soup, endive salad and other side dishes according to taste are possible. I eat them straight away as a pastry, without anything else.