1/2 lb. butter and 1/4 lb. margarine – combined and melted.
3 16-oz. containers of cottage cheese.
Up to 1/2 cup of sugar (optional).
5 eggs.
1 16 ounce box of frozen “Phylo” or “Fillo”dough (pastry sheets).
Baking pan – (I use one 10-1/2 inch X 14-1/2 inch by 2 inch deep)
Let package of Phylo dough set for 4-5 hours to bring to room temperature. Mix cottage cheese, sugar (if used) and beaten eggs. Remove Phylo dough from package and cut into three equal stacks. Unfold the first stack. Peel each sheet of dough from the stack and crumple it (as if crumpling a newspaper) and place it in the bottom of the baking pan to form a bottom layer of dough. Pour 1/3 of the butter/margarine over the bottom layer of dough, and then cover with 1/2 of the cheese mixture. Lay down another layer of dough as above, using the second stack, and cover this layer with the remaining cheese mixture. Lay down the top layer of dough as above, using the third stack, and pour the remaining butter/margarine over the top layer. Bake at 350 degrees F. for 1 hour and 10 minutes. Best served warm.