Vatrushka (????????)

"Vatrushka (pronounced vat-ROOSH-kah) is a small, personal-sized open pie filled with fresh cheese. Its appearance somewhat resembles that of a cheese Danish, but it is not the same pastry. Cheese-filled vatrushkas can be sweet and used as desserts or unsweetened and served with soup. When the cheese filling is sweetened, raisins or pieces of other dry or fresh fruits can be added to create a more interesting flavor. Occasionally jam, fruit preserves, mashed vegetables, or even ground meat is used as filling instead of cheese although the resulting pastry should not be really called vatrushka. Finally, there are two main methods for creating the vatrushka shape. The first method produces flatter vatrushkas with more filling relative to the amount of dough. It involves rolling the dough out into a sheet, cutting out circles or squares, and rolling up the edges around the filling in the center. The second method gives you thicker vatrushkas with relatively less filling (see the picture at the end). To make that kind of vatrushkas you would need to divide your dough into individual portions, roll each into a ball, somewhat flatten it, and then make a deep impression in the middle with the bottom of a glass or cup. You would then fill the pit in the middle with the cheese filling. As always, the listed amount of flour is approximate; there are many variables that determine the final flour content in any given batch of dough. Here is a recipe to make sweet vatrushkas:..."