It's no secret: dishes prepared at home are much tastier than those served even in the most expensive restaurants. And all because they are prepared with soul, love and a great desire to please dear loved ones with something original or traditional. That's just so that the dishes really work out, they turn out so tasty that the household couldn’t tear their ears, it is necessary to cook them according to the correct recipes. For this reason, every housewife has her own book of home cooking, which contains all the recipes tested and loved by the whole family.
The purpose of this article is to familiarize the reader with simple instructions, the observance of which will allow you to make a successful pastry for pies. It is possible many of them will replenish the hostess's piggy bank. After all, we have collected and described only the best recipes of all existing.
Simple yeast-free dough
When the choice of products in the refrigerator is small, and you want to bake something very tasty, you should use the following recipe. For its execution, such components as:
- two and a half glasses of water purified with a filter;
- half a kilogram of premium flour;
- one chicken egg;
- a pinch of salt.
This pastry dough is called simple, not only because it contains a small amount of ingredients. But also due to the fact that for its preparation it is necessary to perform elementary manipulations:
- First you need to warm up the water. It is possible in a teapot, but better immediately in a saucepan.
- Then pour salt into it and mix thoroughly.
- Add half a portion of flour and grind the resulting lumps.
- Then replace the dough of medium density.
- And leave at least half an hour.
- After the specified time, you can begin to sculpt pies.
Making Yeast Dough on Water
Another recipe for pastry dough with dry or quick-acting yeast. Thanks to its execution, it is possible to make very delicious airy cakes. But let's not get ahead of ourselves, first we’ll talk about which ingredients are needed:
- one and a half glasses of filtered or cooled boiled water;
- a pound of wheat flour;
- four tablespoons of sunflower oil;
- one teaspoon of sugar and high-speed yeast;
- half a teaspoon of salt.
How to cook:
- The first thing we do is heat the water.
- Add sugar, yeast and four tablespoons of flour to it.
- Thoroughly mix everything to a uniform consistency so that there is not a single lump.
- And put it in a warm place. But by no means on fire!
- After twenty to thirty minutes, add to the mass, which over time has significantly increased in volume, salt, sunflower oil and flour.
- Knead the yeast dough for pies.
- And leave it right on the table, lightly sprinkled with flour, for about fifteen minutes.
- Then we intensively knead the dough until it becomes very soft and pleasant to the touch.
- When the desired result is achieved, we cut into portioned pieces, roll out, fill with the filling and sculpt the pies.
However, it is important to note that for the preparation of such pies in the oven they must be left for ten minutes on a baking sheet at room temperature so that the dough rises well. Then you should grease them with yolk and only then send them to the oven, heated to 180 degrees.
Fast yeast dough
Basically, pastry dough recipes require a lot of time to proof. However, every mistress has moments when every second counts. For example, guests will come soon or just too lazy to mess around in the kitchen for a long time. Therefore, for this case, we offer the following option for the preparation of the test. For its execution, such components as:
- half a liter of clean water;
- one kilogram of premium wheat flour;
- four tablespoons of vegetable oil;
- one sachet of high-speed yeast;
- half a teaspoon of salt;
- one teaspoon of sugar.
To prepare such a test will require two bowls. Otherwise, everything is quite simple:
- In the first bowl, mix water and oil.
- In the second - sifted flour, yeast, salt and sugar.
- Then combine the dry and liquid components together.
- Knead the soft dough and let it come up for ten minutes.
Mineral Water Yeast Dough
Many housewives do not make dough for pies on ordinary water, but on mineral water. After all, it is believed that carbonated products trigger a reaction that beneficially affects the splendor of the finished product. So, if our reader wants to try this recipe, he needs to prepare such components as:
- one glass of sparkling water (moreover, lemonade can be used for sweet cakes, and a simple mineral water for unsweetened ones);
- four glasses of flour;
- two chicken eggs;
- one sachet of yeast;
- one tablespoon of sugar;
- half a teaspoon of salt;
- four tablespoons of sunflower oil.
Most importantly, it should be noted that all products should be at room temperature. Only in this case will it be possible to prepare a good yeast dough for pies. The rest of the technology is quite simple. And then you can verify this:
- First you need to pour sparkling water into a bowl.
- Follow her to send sugar and yeast.
- Mix everything thoroughly so that both ingredients are completely dissolved.
- Then we cover the mixture with a towel and set it for fifteen minutes in a warm place.
- After the specified time, break the eggs, add salt and oil.
- Mix everything until smooth.
- Then we begin to gradually introduce the flour. First mix the components with a fork. When this becomes impossible, "take matters into our own hands."
- Knead the elastic yeast dough for pies, put in a bowl, sprinkled with flour, and send for an hour and a half to a warm place.
- Then we crumple, roll into a sausage, cut into portioned pieces and proceed to modeling.
Yeast dough in milk
The most delicious pies must be airy. And for this it is necessary to use the dough prepared with the addition of yeast. And we will consider one of the simple recipes to execute in the current paragraph.
What ingredients are required:
- one and a half glasses of milk;
- four cups of wheat flour;
- one sachet of high-speed yeast;
- one teaspoon of sugar;
- half a teaspoon of salt;
- five tablespoons of sunflower oil.
To prepare a yeast dough for pies, it is necessary to carry out the following manipulations:
- First, pour the milk into a saucepan and lightly heat on the stove. And it’s best to take a larger container, because in it we will knead the dough.
- Add sugar and salt. Mix thoroughly so that both components are completely dissolved.
- Following them we send the contents of a bag of dry yeast. Once again, mix everything and leave for about fifteen to twenty minutes. This is necessary in order to get a magnificent and tasty pastry for pies.
- After the specified time, pour in the sunflower oil and pour half the portion of flour. Stir everything thoroughly so that not a single lump remains.
- Then add the second part of the flour and knead the dough. If the flour is not enough, it can be added in excess of the specified amount. The most important thing to note is that the dough should not be too tight! Otherwise, the pies will be like rubber. It is important that the finished product is of medium density.
- When all the above steps are completed, put the dough in a bowl sprinkled with flour, or in a regular plastic bag and leave it at room temperature for forty-fifty minutes. Then we crush and do not touch the same amount of time. You can’t skip this step and go to the molding of pies and subsequent baking. Because it is important for the cooked dough to rise and become airy.
- Finally, when the specified time has expired, the finished product must be rolled up into a sausage and divided into portions. Depending on what size pies you want to get. However, it is better to adhere to a range of 3-5 centimeters.
Butter yeast dough
The next version of the yeast dough for pies requires the preparation of ingredients such as:
- one and a half glasses of milk;
- 50 grams of butter or margarine;
- one selected egg or two categories “C1” or “C2”;
- two teaspoons of high-speed yeast;
- half a teaspoon of salt;
- three to four cups of wheat flour.
How to cook:
- The first step is to put in a saucepan (preferably with a thick bottom) a piece of butter and melt it.
- Add salt, sugar and mix until each component is completely dissolved.
- Then pour milk.
- And heat the resulting mixture to about forty degrees.
- Then add yeast and mix again.
- When the mass cools down a bit, break the egg. It is best to have it at room temperature.
- Mix everything again until smooth.
- And finally introduce flour.
- Knead an elastic, pleasant to the touch dough for pies.
- Leave for two to three hours.
- Then hug and wait another hour.
Kefir yeast dough
To prepare an excellent soft, like fluff, dough, you need to prepare the following ingredients:
- one glass of kefir (both fresh and sour);
- one and a half bags of high-speed yeast;
- three to four glasses of premium flour;
- half a glass of sunflower oil;
- one teaspoon of sugar;
- a pinch of salt.
In order to prepare the dough for fried pies, the following manipulations should be performed:
- Mix butter and kefir in a saucepan.
- Then lightly heat the resulting mass over a fire and remove from the stove.
- In a separate bowl, mix yeast, sugar and salt, sift half a portion of flour.
- Pour the dry mixture into liquid.
- And mix everything thoroughly into a single mass.
- Then gradually introduce the rest of the flour and knead the soft dough.
- Leave for half an hour so that the desired reaction occurs in it.
- After the specified time, intensively knead the dough, roll it into a sausage and divide into portioned pieces.
- We leave the fashioned pies for ten minutes.
- Then we fry the pies from the yeast dough in the oven or in a pan until a blush appears.
Yeast dough on kefir and sour cream
The following recipe allows you to create airy and very tender pies. To see this, just take a chance and try it out. But first, take care of the necessary ingredients. Which are the following products:
- two tablespoons of sour cream with a high percentage of fat content;
- one glass of kefir;
- a pound of flour;
- one large egg;
- one tablespoon of granulated sugar and sunflower oil;
- 0.5 tsp. soda and salt;
If desired, you can prepare a similar dough for pies with dry yeast. In this case, just replace a serving of soda with one sachet of this component. The quality of the product will hardly change. Regardless of which option our reader chooses, his actions should be as follows:
- First you need to warm up the kefir.
- Then put sour cream and mix until a homogeneous consistency is achieved.
- Following send salt and sugar.
- Break the egg, but add not all of its contents, but only the yolk.
- Mix everything thoroughly and pour in a thin stream of oil.
- Then gradually introduce soda and flour.
- Knead elastic dough.
- Then put it in a bowl, sprinkled with flour, cover with a towel or film.
- Leave on for twenty minutes to proof.
- After the specified time, you can begin to sculpt pies, which are better to fry in a pan. However, it is important that the butter is half-covered on each pie.
Yeast dough with live yeast
In today's world, more and more people are using high-speed yeast. And this is not surprising, because they do not require certain storage conditions, they are consumed more slowly, and they can lie for quite some time. Despite this, some housewives are convinced that the best dough should be prepared with live yeast. To verify whether this is so, the reader can himself, having tested the following recipe for pastry dough in the oven.
For its execution, ingredients such as:
- one glass of milk or filtered water;
- half a kilogram of premium flour;
- 25 grams of fresh live yeast;
- one tablespoon of sugar and four sunflower oil;
- half a teaspoon of salt.
How to cook:
- Pour sugar into a small bowl and add yeast.
- Thoroughly grind both components, combining into a common mass.
- Then heat milk or water, pour into a bowl and stir with the rest of the ingredients.
- Cover with a towel or bag and put in a warm place for twenty to thirty minutes.
- Break the egg into a larger bowl or pan, add oil and beat thoroughly.
- Then introduce the milk mixture and gradually flour.
- Knead soft dough for pies on yeast and leave it for an hour to proof.
Puff pastry
For such a test, the following ingredients will be required:
- one glass of ice water;
- a pound of flour;
- one pack of margarine;
- one egg;
- half a teaspoon of citric acid and salt.
How to cook:
- We combine water with salt, citric acid and an egg.
- Beat intensively, introduce flour, knead the dough, divide into two parts and roll both.
- Lubricate the first with half softened butter.
- Then we put the second one on top and also grease with oil.
- We turn the dough into a roll, and twist it into a snail.
- We put it in a bag and send it to the freezer for a quarter of an hour.
- Then the "snail" should be rolled out and folded the resulting layer with an envelope.
- Then you can begin to sculpt pies from puff pastry.