Sweet Buns - General Cooking Principles
Sweet buns - the perfect treat for any holiday or just for every day. There is a huge number of cooking options for this baking baking. Sweet buns can be baked on yeast or yeast-free dough, on kefir, milk, etc. The principle of preparation is very simple: after the yeast dough “fits” and the usual one is infused in the refrigerator, you can proceed to making the buns yourself. Baking form can be any. You can make balls, hearts, envelopes, bagels, etc. from the dough. The filling for sweet buns can also be anything: raisins with sugar, honey with nuts, jam, fruits and berries. However, keep in mind that for sweet dough, the filling should not be too cloying. If more sugar enters the dough, it is better to make the filling less sweet (and vice versa). You can bake sweet buns in the oven, and in the cartoon, and in the bread maker. Before baking, buns are usually smeared with an egg (or a mixture of egg and milk) and sprinkled with sugar, chopped nuts, sesame or poppy seeds.
Sweet Buns - Preparing Food and Cookware
In order to cook sweet buns, a lot of dishes will not be required. Just a dough bowl, rolling pin and baking tray. If there is a slow cooker or bread maker at home, sweet buns can be baked there as well.
Before cooking it is necessary to measure the right amount of sugar and flour. The flour itself should be sieved, and the milk should be heated. For sweet burgers, you need to prepare the stuffing: wash the fruits, peel and chop them, sort out the raisins, chop the nuts, etc.
Sweet Buns Recipes:
Recipe 1: Sweet Buns
Everyone remembers the classic sweet buns that were sold in school canteens. Cook such delicious "hearts", sprinkled with sugar can be at home. For the preparation of buns used yeast dough.
Ingredients Required:
- 1 kilogram of flour;
- Half a liter of milk;
- 150 g butter or margarine;
- 50 g yeast;
- 1 egg;
- Tablespoon sugar;
- Salt - 1 tsp;
- Spoon of chopped nuts.
Cooking method:
Heat the milk, add sugar (not all) mixed with yeast and add half of the flour. Leave the mixture in a warm place for 20 minutes. After 20 minutes, pour in melted butter, add salt and sugar. Slowly pour the second half of the flour. Knead a smooth, even dough, sprinkle with flour and leave to warm. “Dough” dough divided into small pieces and form buns. Arrange the buns on a baking sheet and leave for 7 minutes. Brush the buns with egg and sprinkle with sugar and nuts. Bake until cooked in a preheated oven.
Recipe 2: Sweet Orange Buns
A great recipe for delicious sweet buns. The dough turns out very lush and airy, and a nice orange peel forms on top.
Ingredients Required:
- Flour - 300 g;
- Milk - 185 ml;
- 110 g butter;
- 3 tablespoons orange peel;
- Sugar - 3 spoons;
- Quarter tsp salts;
- 1 tsp dry yeast (or 9-10 g fresh);
- Another 100 grams of sugar - for the glaze;
Cooking method:
Remove the zest from the orange. Heat the milk and dilute it with fresh yeast, then add sugar flour (3 spoons), zest (1 spoon), salt and ghee. Knead the dough and form 8 balls of the same size. The remaining 2 spoons of zest mixed with 100 g of sugar. All balls need to coat with butter and how to roll in a mixture of sugar and zest. Grease the baking dish and place the buns at a distance from each other. Leave for 1 hour. Bake in preheated oven for 25-30 minutes.
Recipe 3: Sweet Buns
Sweet buns with raisins are a great treat for the whole family and guests. Such baking is very easy to prepare at home. The preparation will require flour, milk, eggs, yeast, raisins and sugar.
Ingredients Required:
- 4 cups wheat flour;
- 355 g of cow's milk;
- 2 chicken eggs;
- 18-20 g yeast;
- Sunflower oil - 175 ml;
- A glass of sugar;
- Salt - 1 pinch;
- Raisins.
Cooking method:
Beat eggs with salt, add milk, yeast, sunflower oil (not all, leave for lubrication) and flour. Leave the dough to rise, then roll it out. Raisin bust, rinse, dry and mix with sugar. Smear oil and sprinkle with raisins and sugar. Wrap a thick roll and cut into identical pieces. Blind the bottom so that the sugar during baking is not spilled on the baking sheet. Grease a baking sheet and spread sweet buns on it. Bake for about 25 minutes in a preheated oven.
Sweet buns - secrets and useful tips from the best chefs
- The filling does not need to be made too liquid - during baking, it can flow out;
- Sweet buns from yeast dough should be left on the baking sheet for some time (for rasladoyki);
- For sweet buns on yeast dough, let the dough rise several times;
- To the dough is not stuck to the hands, add vegetable oil. When the dough does not roll out well, some housewives sprinkle some more flour, but the buns do not come out so thick and full. Instead of a rolling pin, you can take a glass bottle with cold water - the dough will roll out much easier;
- So that the pastry is not burnt during baking in the oven, you can pour a little salt under the form. If the buns begin to burn, the top can be covered with damp paper.
