Fragrant fresh pastries are a favorite treat of adults and children. The smell of freshly baked buns is associated with homeliness, warmth, pleasant company. Recipes of homemade desserts are passed down from generation to generation, gathering the most dear people at a large table. And when baking is not only tasty, but also beautiful, the appetite grows doubly. This article presents several simple ways to make a beautiful form of buns that will not leave household members indifferent.
Recipe for the Right Test
Working with the test always brings pleasure, helps to calm down, escape from daily troubles, and feel harmony. It is especially pleasant to work with soft, airy, elastic dough. Different forms of buns, executioners and pies can only be made from properly prepared dough, which is easy to mold.
For elastic air baking you will need:
- wheat flour - 1 kilogram;
- water - 0.5 liters;
- 100 grams of butter;
- 12 grams of dry yeast;
- 30 grams of sugar;
- salt - 1 teaspoon;
- eggs - 1 pc.
Cooking. The first step is dough. To prepare the dough, you must dilute the yeast in warm water, add sugar. Slowly add flour, giving the dough the consistency of sour cream. Cover the dough with a towel and put in a warm place for at least an hour. Melt the butter, add the egg and salt, mix well. Add the egg mixture and the rest of the flour to the dough. Knead the dough, cover with a towel, set aside for another hour. Muffin should double in volume. Before baking, knead thoroughly again.
The main quality of a properly prepared dough is elasticity. This dough does not stick to your hands, it moves well from the walls of dishes and other surfaces, it is easy and pleasant to work with it.
Star Bread
Zvezda bread is a special solemn baking, which is associated with your favorite family holidays. This is not only a beautiful, but also an extremely delicious dessert. There are many recipes for filling for sweet bread. Out of competition, the classic version is cinnamon and sugar. In combination with fragrant tea or sweet cocoa, this delicacy will not leave indifferent even the most sophisticated sweet lover.
The recipe is based on yeast dough in milk and butter. For classic toppings, you need the following ingredients:
- 100 grams of butter;
- 30 grams of brown sugar;
- 75 grams of granulated sugar;
- ¼ teaspoon nutmeg;
- 1 teaspoon of cinnamon.
For syrup:
- 50 ml of water;
- sugar - one tablespoon;
- honey - two tablespoons.
A syrup is needed in order to soak an already prepared bun.
How to make the shape of buns in the shape of a "star"? The dough must be divided into 4 identical parts. In turn, roll out cakes with a diameter of 28-30 cm, grease them with the filling, fold them one on one. Place a ring with a diameter of 10-12 cm in the center. From the ring to the edges of the cake, make cuts, dividing the dough first into four parts, then into eight and sixteen parts. Twist each pair of "petals" in opposite directions, connect the ends. Sweet bread "Star" is ready for baking.
How to make the shape of buns "Bun"
Fragrant sugar buns - a dessert from childhood. Fresh bun with butter and jam is the perfect breakfast that can please the whole family. This baking has a classic, familiar heart shape. Homemade buns can also be tasty and beautiful.
To make a beautiful heart shape, the dough needs to be rolled into cake cake up to 0.5 cm thick, 25 cm in diameter. Lubricate the cake with butter, sprinkle with sugar. Roll the cake into the roll without pressing and stretching the dough. Next, roll should be folded in half, firmly connecting the ends. The final touch is to put a “loop” of dough on the edge and cut along to the junction of the ends. By expanding the two parts of the “loop”, you will get a beautiful heart.
Funny shapes
Favorite pies can be not only extremely tasty, but also have an unusual shape. With a couple of simple manipulations, traditional homemade cakes can be made to decorate a children's party or a family feast. Children and adults will enjoy pies with salty or sweet fillings in the form of funny spots. Cheerful faces from the dough will not take much time, but will bring a lot of pleasure to guests.
In order to make pies in the form of piglet stigmas, the dough must be rolled out into a layer 1 cm thick. Using the culinary ring, make the same cakes. Put the filling in the center of the tortillas, gently collect the dough in a bag, turn it upside down and slightly press down. Using a smaller cooking ring with a smaller diameter, form a patch. Carefully cut small triangles with a knife - they will serve as ears. The final touch is the eyes, for this you can use, for example, raisins or candied fruits.
Air craffins
Kraffin is a classic of American desserts. This pastry is a cross between traditional cupcakes and French croissants. Beautifully shaped buns made of dough, yeast or puff, are baked in muffin forms, which greatly speeds up and simplifies the cooking process. Kraffins, like croissants, can be with or without filling. You can add raisins, nuts, blueberries, cinnamon, etc. to the dough. These small airy buns are ideal for breakfast.
In order to give a beautiful shape to the kraffins, the dough must be rolled into a layer up to 0.5 cm thick. Lubricate the dough with butter, add sugar, raisins or nuts if desired, and gently roll it into a roll. The next step is to cut the roll along and twist in the shape of a snail with the cut out. Lubricate the muffin molds liberally with oil, put the “snails” in them.
Poppy rings
Traditional poppy seed buns are another favorite dessert of many generations. Mistresses often cook them at home, as the recipe is simple, and the result always exceeds expectations. Various forms of muffins with poppy seeds. This baking can be made in the form of a pie, triangle, pigtails, snails. Butter rings with poppy seeds look funny and very appetizing. Cooking such rolls does not take much time and effort. The dough needs to be rolled into a rectangle 1 cm thick. Put a poppy seeds in a thin even layer. Fold the rectangle in half with the filling inward. Fasten the edges carefully. Cut the resulting layer into strips, 3 cm wide. Twist each strip slightly and firmly connect the ends. Put the poppy seeds on a greased baking sheet and put in the oven.