From ancient times it was believed that the most welcoming housewives - those who know how and, most importantly, love to cook. After all, it happens that a person can cook any dish according to the recipe, but does not do this simply because he does not like this process. And it happens that the hostess really wants to please relatives with something tasty and is ready to learn this, improve her skills, and this is where our simple tips on cooking some dishes come in handy. Consider the small details in the preparation of delicious buns from yeast dough.
How to make yeast dough?
First of all, it is worth warning: if you want the result to be obtained, as in the photo of yeast dough rolls in your favorite recipe book, then all the ingredients should be warm. Well, or at least room temperature. Otherwise, the dough will rise poorly, the buns will not be airy, but rather rubber. Also, drafts should not be allowed during the preparation of the dough and the baking itself. When preparing buns from yeast dough, a recipe with a photo can be helpful. After all, there you can draw new ideas, and then implement them.
The easiest bun yeast dough recipe
- Heat a liter of milk.
- Beat 1-2 chicken eggs.
- Add half a glass of any vegetable oil.
- Then 2 large spoons of sugar.
- There is a half teaspoon of salt and a bag of instant yeast.
Add the flour gradually, mixing thoroughly after adding another portion of it. Then, with effort, knead the dough, trying to somehow raise and stretch it, enriching it with oxygen. After that, leave the dough to rise for 40-60 minutes.
Make buns of any shape you like, let them rise in a warm place, and only then boldly send them to the oven for 40 minutes at its temperature of 180 degrees. Do not forget to watch the browning muffin. Baking times may vary depending on the dough, the shape and size of the rolls.
Cinnamon Roll Dough
- Take two cups of fat yogurt, dissolve a pinch of salt in it, 1.5-2 cups of granulated sugar, 20-25 g of fresh pressed yeast. Then we intervene a couple of tablespoons of butter or spread, then add about half a glass of odorless vegetable oil and a spoonful of cinnamon.
- Gradually, we begin to introduce flour, thoroughly mixing the resulting mass. The amount of flour depends on many factors, approximately 500-600 grams are needed, just do not pour it all at once, let the dough mix, taking the necessary amount of flour.
- Knead until the dough stops sticking to your hands.
Unusual Banana and Chocolate Muffin Recipe
What you will need: puff yeast dough, ordinary yeast dough, as prepared above, about 450-500 g, a couple of bananas, a bar of chocolate or chocolate paste, 50 g of sugar, a tablespoon of cinnamon.
Be sure these buns will be just wonderful. They will become the decoration of the table for an ordinary family dinner at the TV, together with warm cocoa, tea or milk. It will not be a shame to serve beautiful buns from yeast dough to the table and for guests. Believe me, the amazing aroma and taste of these rolls will not leave anyone indifferent. Let's get started? Importantly, do not forget to pre-unfreeze the dough if you bought it in advance in the store.
We roll out the dough in a large circle, make sure that it does not stick to the surface. To do this, sprinkle it with flour or grease it with vegetable oil.
Then we cut our circle from the dough as we cut the pie, in diameter through the center. It will turn out triangles - blanks for our future buns.
Now prepare the filling:
- It’s easier if there is chocolate paste, if you prefer chocolate, it will turn out very tasty, you just need to melt it.
- We cut the bananas into large pieces, we get small sticks that look like logs.
- Sugar needs to be mixed with cinnamon. Spread each triangle with chocolate. By the way, do not forget to leave about five millimeters of dough around the edges without chocolate, so that when baking everything remains beautiful. Now we put a banana at the base of the triangle and twist it carefully, like a roll, in the direction of the tip of the triangle. Sprinkle the buns with a mixture of sugar and cinnamon (you can even roll them in this mixture), and in the oven for 25-30 minutes at a temperature of 180 degrees.
Buns - table decoration
It is important to remember that baking should not only be tasty, healthy and aromatic. It is advisable that the treats, and especially such as buns made from yeast dough, are also beautiful. It is very important. Then they will delight not only the taste buds, but also the eyes with their bizarre, and sometimes unusual, shapes of yeast dough buns.
In addition to the ability to deftly twist the dough into various types of pretzels and flowers, or maybe animal shapes, you can resort to decorating in the form of glaze, poppy seeds, coconut flakes and, in the end, ordinary granulated sugar. The more imagination you apply, the more beautiful, which means your pastry will look more appetizing.
Croissants
Yeast pastry rolls can be croissant-shaped. This allows you to add various fillings to them.
Roll out the circle from the dough, cut it into triangles, like a pie into pieces. On the basis of the triangle we put a small amount of the filling, to your taste - it can be chocolate, jam, boiled condensed milk or any jam that is at hand.
Gently twist the triangle to the center. Croissants are ready. You can sprinkle them with sugar, or after baking rolls of yeast dough in the oven, sprinkle them with powdered sugar.
"Bows"
Buns made of yeast dough are of such a form in which they can be with or without filling. The shape of the bows is an example. Try to make such, everyone will definitely like them.
- To do this, divide the dough into equal pieces, just do not forget that they will increase in size by about half.
- Roll an even ball from each piece, then roll it out with a rolling pin or carefully knead it with your hands into a flat cake. If you decide to make "bows" with a filling, then it's time to put it on half a cake, do not forget to leave a place along the edge without a filling.
- Now roll the cake in half, blind the edges. If there is a filling, make 4-5 cuts along the edge, and if the "bows" are without filling, you can make a couple of internal cuts.
- Now send the “bows” to the oven, preheated to 180 degrees. Before serving, you can sprinkle with powdered sugar.
"Minke whale"
These hands are always successful. The fillings can be varied, the main thing is that they do not spread much when baking. It can be such fillings as poppy seeds, grated with sugar, dried berries, pre-chopped, and others, it all depends on your imagination.
Roll out two small circles of dough. Spread the filling evenly with a thin layer, roll the rolls. Now carefully cut them lengthwise into two halves, without cutting to the end. You should get two long puff sausages. Twist these blanks together, then connect their ends so that you get a ring. "Whipfish" is ready.