Puffy cottage cheese pies like in childhood: what to prepare the dough with

Puffy cottage cheese pies are a true taste of childhood. It is best to eat them with cocoa or warm milk. The main thing is to make a good dough so that it rises and is not clogged.

The idea of making puffy cottage cheese pies like in childhood was published on the Instagram page of food blogger Anna Tymoshenko (anna timoshenko13). The dough should be made with milk.

Ingredients for the starter:

• milk - 220 ml
• live yeast - 20 g
• sugar - 1 tbsp
• flour - 2 tbsp.

Ingredients for the dough:

• dough
• egg - 1 pc.
• sugar - 80-100 g
• vanilla sugar - 10 g
• flour - 450-500 g
• butter - 70 g
• a pinch of salt

Ingredients for the filling:

• cottage cheese - 250 g
• sugar - 3 tbsp
• egg - 1 pc.

Ingredients for the streusel crumbs:

• sugar - 2 tbsp.
• flour - 2 tbsp
• butter - 20 g

Additionally:

• egg for greasing - 1 pc.

Method of preparation:

1. For the starter, add sugar, yeast and flour to warm milk.

2. Stir and put in a warm place for 10-15 minutes to activate the yeast.

3. For the dough, mix the starter, sugar, vanilla sugar, egg and a pinch of salt.

4. Mix and sift flour.

5. Knead the dough that sticks to your hands.

6. Then add soft butter and knead the elastic dough.

7. Leave in a warm place for 1.30 hours.

8. Divide the dough into balls (about 9 pieces).

9. For the filling, add sugar and egg to the cottage cheese and mix.

10. Using a glass, make a depression in the pies and fill them with cottage cheese.

11. Be sure to brush with egg and sprinkle with crumbs.

12. For the crumbs, grind sugar with flour and butter.

13. Bake at 180 degrees for 30-35 minutes.