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.
What could be better than the aroma of freshly baked bread in the house? For me, this is the fragrance of childhood, comfort, warmth. Prepare a homemade roll with a delicate airy crumb and a crispy crust.
Delicious stuffed chicken legs, delicious filling, and all this is packed in puff pastry. On the festive table, the snack pie will look presentable and original, while the cooking technology is quite simple, and the taste is excellent.
One of the variants of the famous Italian pie. You can bake it for a festive tea party in advance, which is very convenient on New Year’s days. Stored in the refrigerator for two to three weeks. I’ve been baking Stollen in advance, Christmas cake and the like for many years, everything is packed and waiting in the wings. Think about it, and you will be useful to anyone.
Pies with cheese and cheese filling. The dough turns out to be very tender and delicious. Pies have an interesting molding. Everything is easy and unpretentious. Bon appetit to everyone.
Delicate muffins with a pleasant creamy note and vanilla flavor. The unique sourness of cranberries harmoniously combines with a light, sweet crumb. Pastries are ideal for a festive and family tea party, as well as for treating guests.
We offer to bake soft, like feathers, tender, delicious dumplings stuffed with cheese and fragrant dressing of herbs and garlic. These dumplings are perfect for first courses.
The last cake that I repeated many times was “Milk Girl” and its variations. I think it’s time to change the favorite. Over here! This is the option that has now taken the palm in my piggy bank of the “Best”! Over time, the pie opens up more and more. I managed to save a piece ahead of time in three days (I was waiting for my son for a tasting) and I can say that after a while the cake became simply magnificent! When I baked, it seemed to me that I got a very small one (16 cm in diameter), and when I tried it, I realized that it turns out very satisfying. A small piece is enough to enjoy it and have fun. One corrective treatment for me, and next time I will reduce the amount of sugar. It seemed very sweet, or the cranberries were so sweet!