Baking pies at home is easy enough. It takes a little patience, as well as knowledge of some of the secrets of baking pies. In the article, we will tell you how to bake pies in the oven so that the result will certainly please you and your family.
If you do not know how to bake pies in the oven, then first it is better to use the dough, which is cooked in an uncooked way. This method, which involves the introduction of all the components into the dough at once, is faster and easier than the sponge, for the preparation of which it will take a lot of patience and time.
So let's get started. Stir 30 g of yeast in a glass of warm water or milk (liquid temperature should be around 35 ° C) to prevent lumps from forming. Add granulated sugar (half a cup). Beat 2 eggs with a quarter of a spoon of salt and add to the resulting liquid.
Now you need to gradually introduce 4 cups of flour into this mixture and stir the dough, not letting the lumps appear. Lastly, add a third of a tablespoon of melted butter or margarine to the kneading dough. Knead carefully so that the mass does not stick to the hands.
Ready dough should be put in a deep bowl, which is greased with vegetable oil, cover with a clean cotton towel and set aside for a "approach" in a warm place.
Before baking pies in the oven, it is naturally necessary to prepare the filling. Do this and forget about the test for a while. Stew the cabbage first with spices and onions. Minced meat should be fried in a pan or cooked meat in a meat grinder, putting fried onions in it. If you want to know how to bake pies with potatoes, then keep in mind that there should be a lot of fillings, and you can add a little butter or fried onions to the potato so that it is juicier and more aromatic.
If you want to bake sweet cakes, then in the dough you must first put more sugar. The filling for sweet pies should also be prepared in advance: before baking pies with apples, the latter can be slightly stewed in oil along with cinnamon. If the filling is made from dried fruits, then they should be boiled beforehand, chopped in a combine or in a meat grinder, add sugar, and if desired, nuts.
While we were filling, the dough had already come. If you did everything right, then it increased 2 times in volume. It must be knocked again and allowed to stand for a short time, so that it begins to rise again.
Ready dough should be put out of the dishes on a cutting dry board, previously sprinkled with flour. Then the dough should be cut into small pieces and form balls from them. The last 10 minutes leave to lie down, covered with a napkin. After that, you need to roll the balls with a rolling pin or smooth them with your fingers into a round cake about 1 cm thick. In the middle of the circle, you should put so many fillings so that the edges connect without difficulty. Having connected the edges, pinch them carefully, without gaps.
Now the prepared pies with the seam down must be laid on a baking sheet, which is pre-oiled and sprinkled with flour. The distance between the pies should be 2 cm. The baking sheet should be set aside for 15 minutes in a sufficiently warm place to proof the pies. Pies prepared for baking should slightly round and increase in volume.
It remains to carefully grease the obtained pies with a beaten egg and put the baking sheet in the oven, preheated to 200 ° C, for about 20 minutes. Now you know everything about how to bake the pies in the oven. It is only necessary to take into account that the oven can only be opened when the pies are noticeably browned. And only then are they allowed to check for readiness. To do this, pierce one pie with a match. If it remains dry, the dough does not stick to it, then the pies are ready.