Despite the ease of preparation of the simplest pastries, yeast requires time and attention. This allows you to make the base - dough for pies - as lush, tasty as possible. However, not all housewives have the few hours needed to do this. Busy women should try making quick pastry dough.

How to make pie dough

To make the base of the pies airy and soft, you should follow a number of rules when kneading the dough:

• flour must be carefully sifted so that it is filled with air, acquires additional lightness;
• before kneading, hands must be treated with vegetable oil, which will help to avoid sticking;
• the mass should be kneaded evenly, but without making it unnecessarily knocked down;
• all the ingredients that you add to the quick pie base should have approximately the same temperature;
• do not put a lot of sugar: its excess will lead to burning of pies on the outside;
• to cook pastries in the oven, please note that the base should have a very thick consistency, and for frying in a pan - more tender;
• to knead the base, you need to use only egg yolks, then the crust will be ruddy and tasty at the same time.

Quick yeast dough for pies in a pan

The proposed quick dough recipe is liked by many cooks because it saves time. Also, the baking base comes out lush and very soft. Quick pies in a pan are kneaded from the following ingredients:

• premium flour - 1 tbsp + 3.5 tbsp;
• purified warm water - 200 ml;
• sunflower oil - ½ tbsp.;
• granulated sugar - 2 tablespoons;
• instant yeast - 20 g;
• salt (to taste).

How to prepare the basis for pies:

1. First of all, dissolve the yeast in warm water, add 3.5 tablespoons of flour here, mix and leave the dough to infuse for 45-60 minutes.
2. Carefully pour oil into the dough, add salt, granulated sugar.
3. Slowly add the rest of the flour to the ingredients and start kneading the quick pie dough. The base of the dish will be ready when it stops sticking to the palms.
4. Cover the formed ball with a clean towel (you can use paper) and put it in a warm place for a couple of hours. During this time, the mass should be kneaded 2-3 times. For fried pies, you can prepare a filling of onions, herbs and eggs, cabbage, meat, potatoes, any berries, cottage cheese, fruits.

How to knead the dough for pies with dry yeast on the water

An easy and quick way to make pies is to use dry yeast. Lean dough on water does not require serious effort or a long time when cooking. As fillers for wind pies, you can use any products - dried fruits, jam, preserves, fresh or canned cherries, apricots. This base is also suitable for making buns that will taste like buns. To make sweet baked pies, you will need the following ingredients:

• granulated sugar / powder - 3 tablespoons;
• flour 1 grade - 1 kg;
• fresh dry yeast - 15 g;
• fine salt - 1-1.5 tsp;
• water (heated to about 50-60 degrees) - 0.5 l;
• sunflower / olive oil - 0.1 l.

Step by step recipe for quick yeast dough for pies:

1. Sift flour, mix it with yeast.
2. Pour the oil into warm water, add salt / sugar, mix the ingredients with a whisk.
3. Combine the prepared mixture with flour (about 6 cups), knead the dough thoroughly.

How to make dough for pies in milk

This quick pie base never comes out bland, and if you don't use it all up in one go, you can put the rest in the fridge for a few days. What is needed for cooking:

• flour - 1000 g;
• fresh homemade milk - 0.4 l;
• medium eggs - 2 pcs.;
• granulated sugar and fine salt - 1 tsp each;
• fresh yeast - 10 g;
• butter of medium fat content - 150 g.

Step by step recipe for yeast dough for pies:

1. Warm the milk to a warm state, pour sugar into the liquid, dry yeast, then flour. Mix the ingredients and send to the heat.
2. Beat the eggs with salt, melt the butter and wait for it to cool, add here. Some people replace butter with margarine, but this is undesirable, as the taste of the dish suffers.
3. Combine the yeast mass with the egg-oil liquid.
4. Gradually introducing flour, knead a soft and dense mass. Let it stand for 1-2 hours and start sculpting.

Dough for pies on kefir

For a yeast-free base, as a rule, a recipe with kefir and soda is used, since these components make the dish soft and fluffy. What ingredients are needed for quick pies:

• egg;
• kefir 1% - 200 ml;
• flour - 300-330 g;
• slaked soda - ½ teaspoon;
• raw sunflower oil - 1.5 tbsp;
• salt, sugar - to taste.

Step by step recipe:

1. In a deep bowl, beat the egg, add salt / sugar and kefir here. Mix the ingredients well (it is better to remove them from the refrigerator first to allow them to warm up to room temperature). It is better to use a mixer.
2. Add the baking soda slaked with vinegar and start slowly adding the flour.
3. Knead the dough for at least 10 minutes, pre-grease your hands and work area with oil. Then you can start making pies.

Sour cream dough for pies

Such a basis for a Russian dish never turns out tasteless. Experienced chefs call this cooking option, like custard, a win-win. Quick dough for pies is prepared from the following ingredients:

• sour cream - 420 ml;
• wheat flour - 820 g;
• eggs - 3 pcs.;
• purified water - 1/3 tbsp.;
• dry fresh yeast - 1 tsp;
• granulated sugar / powder - 3 tbsp.

How to cook:

1. Preheat the water until warm. Pour the yeast into the liquid and leave to infuse for 15 minutes.
2. Beat the eggs with sugar using a mixer or a regular whisk. At the end of whipping, add sour cream.
3. Mix the yeast mixture with the egg-sugar mixture, add flour in small portions.
4. Knead an elastic, soft dough. Leave it in a draught-free place (like a warm kitchen) so that the pie base comes up and fluffs up.
5. After 50-60 min. start building things.

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