Reviewed: Dec. 21, 2008

Use this recipe as a base and add what you feel is best for your pierogi style. With modifications it's a 5 star. I add fried onions to the potato mixture together with some cheddar and other cheeses, (i.e. parmesan, mozzarella, etc.) Without these cheeses it is not as good and does not taste like the potato and cheese pierogi most people eat. Feel free to add sauerkraut or fried cabbage as a layer. I make this each year for Christmas eve for my Polish family together with Fried Cabbage with fried onions & a bit of sugar, and Polish Pound Cake.

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AEMAZA

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Elkland, Pennsylvania, USA

Living In: Osceola, Pennsylvania, USA

Reviewed: Nov. 19, 2008

This was a very tasty dish. A giant perogie! I love how creamy and smooth the cream cheese made the potatoes. Two things I might do next time is 1) double the amount of potatoes...was hard spreading it evenly with such a little amount, and 2) I love the crunchy onion topping, next time I might put that on top of each layer

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add_chase

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Long Island, New York, USA

Living In: Elmira, New York, USA

Reviewed: Oct. 23, 2008

BLAND.. I love Mashed Potatoes, I love sauteed onions, I even like lasagna noodles. but this recipe was VERY BLAND. definitely needed a lot of something.

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SPRYTE112

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Milton, Florida, USA

Reviewed: Oct. 6, 2008

Growing up in a huge polish community I was used to eating homemade perogies a lot. Now that I moved away, I don't get them that often. This is a good substitute for them that takes a fraction of the time to make. It's really good. Make sure to have sour cream on hand.

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Melissa

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Sterling Heights, Michigan, USA

Living In: Burbank, California, USA

Reviewed: Sep. 21, 2008

This was interesting. The overall flavor was good, but there was way too much floating grease from all that butter in the onions, definitely cut that way back. We loaded this up w/ pepper as we felt it was lacking in spice. We would make this again in a smaller quantity and use as an accompaniment to a grilled piece of chicken or beef.

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MRSKWRIGHT

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Boring, Oregon, USA

Living In: Bend, Oregon, USA

Reviewed: Sep. 4, 2008

Admittedly, I didn't follow the recipe. I thought it looked kind of plain, so I made my own mashed potatoes, caramelized some onions, and stuffed some manicotti with it. It wasn't very good as main dish that way because that's just WAY too much mashed potato for one sitting, so next time I will stuff jumbo shells instead to make more manageable portions and serve it as a side dish.

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michelemybell

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Battle Creek, Michigan, USA

Living In: Lansing, Michigan, USA

Reviewed: Aug. 21, 2008

This was a hit at my house! We love pierogies, but can seldom find them in the store. I misread the recipe, and added the sauteed onions TO the potatoes, which turned out just fine. I topped it a very thin layer of jarred alfredo sauce (just so it wouldn't dry out - you couldn't even taste it, but kept it moist) and lots of shredded cheese. I also added a layer of sliced, smoked sausage to the bottom layer of the casserole, but it would have been just as good without it. Great!

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gracietwin

Cooking Level: Expert

Reviewed: Aug. 4, 2008

Very bland, no substance! I wouldn't make it again, let alone serve at my table.

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LEZAO

Cooking Level: Expert

Living In: Asheville, North Carolina, USA

Reviewed: Jul. 14, 2008

It's good. I made it using real mashed potatoes instead of the instant (we don't like instant).

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Faith

Cooking Level: Expert

Living In: East Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Reviewed: Jun. 24, 2008

Now, this was good. Not great, but maybe I'm just not used to somewhat bland foods. I liked the simplicity, and it was a good comfort food. What I didnt like was the lack of WOW!! I prepared it with the cabbage like a few others, and I think without it, it would've been boring. No insult to Polish food though.

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