The dough can be of different types: yeast, puff pastry, biscuit, shortbread, cottage cheese, pastry, unleavened, simple, etc. Before you prepare the dough, decide what you need: they all differ in technology and cooking time, the composition of products and the type of dishes for which they are intended. For example, for fried pies, the usual dough without yeast is suitable, for buns – butter, for pies – any of the above, including unleavened, if it is unsweetened pastries.
For a well-prepared dough at home, concentrate on choosing the right flour. For dishes that require pomp, lightness and lightness, flour of the highest grade is necessary. For those that are simpler, the first or second grade is suitable. Wheat flour is used more often in baking, but recently housewives like to combine it with other types or even replace it with rye, corn, oatmeal – due to lower calorie content and higher digestibility.
Also, you should always sift the flour twice, even if you are cooking something simple like tacos tortillas or lasagna sheets. This is a necessary habit for a good cook. Also, all dry ingredients are mixed with each other, then all mixed wet ingredients are added to them. This can happen the other way around, it all depends on what a specific test recipe requires at home. Mixing is carried out in small portions, gradually. With this approach, the dough is saturated evenly, there are no lumps.
Always knead the dough clockwise, collecting it from the edges to the center. This will greatly simplify the cooking process. Roll out the rolling pin, if it is required, sprinkle with flour, the same with a table or board. If you knead with your hands, lubricate them with vegetable oil – the dough will not stick. The airiness of the dough is given by yeast, soda and baking powder. Soda can be extinguished in any acidic liquid: vinegar, lemon juice, kefir – this will save your baking from an unpleasant soda taste.
If you don’t have time to bake a New year’s cake, then these baby muffins that look like Christmas trees can perfectly decorate Your holiday table. Aromatic carrot muffins with cinnamon and citrus notes, lots of nuts and raisins, mmm… it’s so delicious! This pastry will fill Your home with the smell of a New year’s holiday!
Pie with a tender curd-pumpkin souffle on a dried apricot base – it’s very tasty! Dust the cake with powdered sugar, like a snowball, and this cake will decorate Your holiday table!
Insanely delicious, cozy homemade cakes. Moderately sweet, slightly moist cupcake, with orange flavor and sour cranberry. This cupcake will be a welcome guest on the holiday table!
I offer you a very simple, but at the same time, very tasty recipe for chocolate and banana muffins. They are very fragrant, tender and satisfying. And the sugar cap only gives them an additional appeal.
No matter what samsa is-triangular, square or round, in any version – it is always delicious and satisfying. Traditionally, samsa is baked in a tandoor, but there are many variations of samsa that are prepared in ovens. Samsa is usually served with tomato sauce, garlic and herbs. Here is one of these options for samsa and sauce, I suggest you cook it too.
Khachapuri dog is a great option for children to go to school, for a picnic, and for adults to take with them to work, this option of a delicious snack will be very good. A khachapuri dog is a cross between a hot dog and a khachapuri. In all the famous hot dogs, in my opinion, ordinary buns are “boring”. I decided to experiment and combine khachapuri with their juicy and rich inner cheese world and hot dog. I think the experiment was a success – it turned out juicy, satisfying, fragrant and most importantly – delicious.
Cupcakes with icing are always delicious and appetizing. They are incredibly light and airy. I sprinkle them with coconut shavings on top. I like to make these cupcakes for new year and Christmas. In my family, they are eaten at a time. And guests always ask for a recipe.