Cream Cheese Pastries

Divide you dough in half. Set one part aside, covered. Flour whatever surface you will roll the dough on lightly. Roll the dough rather thin to fit a cookie sheet about 10 1/2 inches by 15 1/2 inches. Fit the rolled dough on the cookie sheet, crimping the edges. Set that aside, covered, to rise again. Again, keep it out of drafts. Repeat the procedure with the second half of the dough. Once both sheets have risen again, brush with melted butter. Spread your fruit on top. Gramie made many different kinds of fruit kuchen. Papa's favorite was cherry, but she also made apple, peach, berry and prune. Bake at 350 degrees for about 20 minutes. Be sure the edges of the kuchen are a nice brown. The middle of the kuchen never seems to be quite done. It is always a bit messy when eating the center pieces.