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Vareniki with Cherry and Sour Cream – The Taste of Home I’ll Never Forget

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There are recipes that feed the body.
And then there are recipes that quietly heal the soul.

For me, cherry vareniki belong to the second kind.

No matter how many countries I travel through, how many modern desserts I try, nothing pulls me back into my childhood faster than the smell of cherries simmering in sugar and the soft touch of warm dough on my hands.

Where This Recipe Began

Every summer, my grandmother would bring out a large wooden bowl and a faded recipe notebook with pages yellowed by time. We didn’t measure much. Everything was done by feel — flour until the dough felt alive, cherries until the bowl looked like a sunset.

She never rushed.
“Good food,” she used to say, “needs calm hands.”

While the vareniki boiled, I would sneak cherries when she wasn’t looking. When they finally floated to the surface, she would lift them gently with a slotted spoon, whispering, “They’re ready.”

And somehow, they always were.

Why Cherry Vareniki Are More Than a Dessert

Cherry vareniki are simple — dough, fruit, sugar. But in that simplicity lives:

  • Memory

  • Culture

  • Care

  • Time

They are not baked for convenience. They are cooked for connection.

🧾 Recipe Card – Vareniki with Cherry and Sour Cream

Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Servings: 4–6

🛒 Ingredients

For the Dough

  • 2½ cups all-purpose flour

  • 1 cup warm water

  • 1 egg

  • 1 tbsp vegetable oil

  • ½ tsp salt

For the Filling

  • 2 cups pitted cherries

  • 3 tbsp sugar

  • 1 tsp cornstarch

For Serving

  • Sour cream

  • Honey or powdered sugar

👩‍🍳 Step-by-Step Instructions

Step 1 – Make the Dough

Mix water, egg, oil, and salt. Slowly add flour and knead until the dough becomes smooth and elastic. Cover and rest 20 minutes.

Step 2 – Prepare the Filling

Combine cherries, sugar, and cornstarch. Let it rest while you roll the dough.

Step 3 – Shape the Vareniki

Roll the dough thin. Cut circles, place filling in the center, fold, and seal edges tightly.

Step 4 – Boil

Cook in salted boiling water until the dumplings float — about 3–4 minutes.

🍽 How to Serve

Serve warm with generous sour cream and a drizzle of honey.

Final Thought

This recipe is not about cherries.
It’s about holding onto something real in a world that moves too fast.

If you’d like to find more comforting homemade desserts and soulful recipes like this, you can find them here:
👉 https://linktr.ee/wealthelena

Some flavors never leave us.
They simply wait for us to come home. 💛

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