Buns that always turn out puffy: what dough is the best

The smell and taste of homemade buns is unrivaled. For this type of pastry, the dough should be elastic, fluffy, and airy. The effect can be achieved by adding cottage cheese to the mass.

The idea of making fluffy buns from cottage cheese dough is published on the filanna.cooking Instagram page.

Ingredients for the dough:

• fresh yeast - 25 g
• sugar - 200 g
• vanilla sugar - 1 pack
• milk - 250 ml
• cottage cheese - 200 g
• eggs - 1 pc.
• flour - 550 g +- 50 g

Ingredients for the filling:

• jam - 200 g

For greasing

• yolk - 1 pc
• water - 1 tsp.

Method of preparation:

1. Add sugar to yeast an stir with a spoon. Leave it for 10 minutes.

2. In a separate bowl, combine cottage cheese, vanilla sugar and egg. Mix until smooth.

3. Add room temperature milk to the yeast and sugar, stir and pour it into the cottage cheese mass. Mix everything together.

4. Then add flour in 2-3 steps

5. Knead the dough.

6. The amount of flour may vary depending on its quality and the moisture content of the cottage cheese.

7. The dough should be soft, elastic and slightly sticky.

8. Cover the dough with a towel and leave it in a warm place for 2 hours.

9. Then sprinkle the surface and hands with flour and divide the dough into 12-14 pieces.

10. Thinly roll out each part, put 1-1.5 tsp of filling, pinch the edges well and form a bun.

11. Transfer to a baking sheet covered with parchment, cover with a towel and leave for another 10-15 minutes.

12. Beat the yolk with a little water and brush the buns.

13. Bake at 170 degrees for about 30-40 minutes.