Pineapple And Cheese Lattice Squares - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    Filling 1
    1/2 cup sugar
    3 tablespoons cornstarch
    1/4 teaspoon salt
    1 egg yolk
    1 2/3 cups canned crushed pineapple with juice
    Filling 2
    1 lb cottage cheese
    1 egg yolk
    Dough
    2/3 cup milk
    1 teaspoon sugar
    1 (1/4 ounce) package dry active yeast
    1/4 cup lukewarm water (105 degrees)
    4 egg yolks
    4 cups flour
    1 cup cold butter, cut into small cubes
Preparation
    Mix 1/2 cup sugar, cornstarch, and salt in a sauce pan.
    Stir in 1 egg yolk and pineapple.
    Cook over medium-medium-high heat until think.
    Set aside to cool completely.
    In a medium bowl, mix together cottage cheese and 1 egg yolk and set aside.
    Scald milk
    Add teaspoon of sugar to milk and set aside to cool to lukewarm.
    Dissolve yeast in lukewarm water for 1-2 minutes.
    Add yeast mixture to milk and set sit until lots of little bubbles form on surface.
    In a large bowl cut together butter and flour until in resembles a course meal.
    Stir yeast mixture into the flour mixture
    On a floured surface, roll out 2/3's of the dough to fit the bottom of a 16-10\" baking pan.
    Spread cottage cheese mixture over dough followed by pineapple mixture.
    Roll out remaining dough and cut into lattice strips.
    Lay the strips in an over-under pattern across the top of the pineapple mixture to give the lattice effect.
    Cover and let rise in a moist warm area for 1 hour.
    Bake in a preheated oven for 35-40 minutes.

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