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.
I admit right away, I’m not a fan of carrot cakes. I’m an incorrigible chocolatier! But this is my husband’s favorite cake, so I decided to make it, and I did not regret it. Since I currently adhere to a low-carb diet, and sometimes I still want sweet things, recipes like this wonderful carrot cake, or cake – as you like (in English, cake – cake) come to the rescue. One slice contains only 5 grams of carbohydrates, and not a gram of wheat flour or sugar. Try it, it’s delicious!
Crispy sweet crust on the outside and soft, melting in the mouth, dough with an incredible smell of cinnamon. It would seem that cinnamon buns will not surprise anyone, but this pastry looks so unusual that you can serve it both for a family dinner and a festive table!
I suggest you prepare a pie that I think will especially please the male half, since the pie is very satisfying, rich, and due to the fact that it is closed, it turns out very juicy.
To those who are not afraid of experiments and are boldly ready to turn their idea of the classic cake “Napoleon” is dedicated! Coconut cream and a layer of pineapple give the classic “Napoleon” Caribbean notes. This is a cake for bold and daring cooks!
Berry cupcake is a wonderful recipe for baking at home, which turns out to be lush, delicious and very tasty. What could be better than a sweet tender piece of cake with berry flavor with your favorite tea.
Rich, sweet, with a simple molding of buns on milk and sour cream. Popular baking, but each recipe has its own subtleties of preparation. So I offer my own version, I hope it will be useful to you.
Ciambella is an Italian bread, there are a huge number of recipes, because every grandmother has her own secrets, her own products, and this, as You know, makes the taste different. One of the most frequently used and most favorite additives in bread is olives, herbs and dried tomatoes with garlic. It is with this set that I bake most often.
Fragrant moist sponge cake under the most delicate layer of marshmallows and cream. This light dessert will please with its simplicity of preparation, diversify your daily meal and decorate the festive table. The amount of ingredients is calculated for a form with a diameter of 21 cm.
Fresh greens are rich in vitamins and trace elements, so it is advisable to eat them as often as possible. In the season of sorrel, I suggest baking an open pie. This cake is good both hot and cold. The sourness of sorrel makes the taste of this pie very interesting and unusual!
“Choco pie” is a famous dessert consisting of two layers of sponge cake, layer of marshmallow, covered with chocolate icing! This dessert is easy to prepare, it turns out to be tender, soft and delicious. This dessert is perfect for coffee or tea.